#E8B756#E8B756

#E8B756 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B756
RGB	rgb(232, 183, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, 7.37, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 55.37, 82.35°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0173 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.127 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.8947, 51.6980, 16.0477)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B756 #5687E8

analogous

#E86E56 #E8B756 #D0E856

triadic

#E8B756 #56E8B7 #B756E8

tetradic

#E8B756 #56E86E #5687E8 #E856D0

square

#E8B756 #56E86E #5687E8 #E856D0

split-complementary

#E8B756 #56D0E8 #6E56E8

monochromatic

#AC7A17 #E1A020 #E8B756 #EFCE8C #F7E5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E8B756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#E8B756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B756

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B756	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA8A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 183, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cc89',
    500: '#e8b756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b756;
$custom-light: #f3cc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.863,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80533,
    "c": 0.12728,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51695
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B756

secondary

#355DAD

accent

#51D80D

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B756

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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