#E8B856#E8B856

#E8B856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.128 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B856
RGB	rgb(232, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.7%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 6.84, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 55.57, 82.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% 0.0157 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.128 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.1017, 52.1120, 16.1167)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B856 #5686E8

analogous

#E86F56 #E8B856 #CFE856

triadic

#E8B856 #56E8B8 #B856E8

tetradic

#E8B856 #56E86F #5686E8 #E856CF

square

#E8B856 #56E86F #5686E8 #E856CF

split-complementary

#E8B856 #56CFE8 #6F56E8

monochromatic

#AC7B17 #E1A120 #E8B856 #EFCF8C #F7E5C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E8B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#E8B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B856

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B856	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)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.128 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd89',
    500: '#e8b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b856;
$custom-light: #f3cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.274,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80728,
    "c": 0.12766,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B856

secondary

#355CAD

accent

#50D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B856

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

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