#E8B855#E8B855

#E8B855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.128 H 83.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B855
RGB	rgb(232, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 6.78, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 56.01, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% 0.0154 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.128 83.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.0617, 52.0960, 15.9060)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B855 #5585E8

analogous

#E86F55 #E8B855 #CFE855

triadic

#E8B855 #55E8B8 #B855E8

tetradic

#E8B855 #55E86F #5585E8 #E855CF

square

#E8B855 #55E86F #5585E8 #E855CF

split-complementary

#E8B855 #55CFE8 #6F55E8

monochromatic

#AB7B17 #E1A11F #E8B855 #EFCF8B #F7E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E8B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#E8B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B855

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B855	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.128 83.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd88',
    500: '#e8b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b855;
$custom-light: #f3cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.408,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80717,
    "c": 0.12844,
    "h": 83.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B855

secondary

#355CAD

accent

#4FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B855

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

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