#E8B951#E8B951

#E8B951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.132 H 84.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B951
RGB	rgb(232, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.55, 6.01, 57.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.55, 57.94, 84.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% 0.0127 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.132 84.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1158, 52.4512, 15.1621)
Luminance	0.5245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B951 #5180E8

analogous

#E86E51 #E8B951 #CBE851

triadic

#E8B951 #51E8B9 #B951E8

tetradic

#E8B951 #51E86E #5180E8 #E851CB

square

#E8B951 #51E86E #5180E8 #E851CB

split-complementary

#E8B951 #51CBE8 #6E51E8

monochromatic

#A87B16 #DEA21D #E8B951 #EFCF87 #F6E4BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E8B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.49

#E8B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B951

11.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B951	1.00	1.83	11.49	11.49
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.132 84.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd86',
    500: '#e8b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b951;
$custom-light: #f3cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.325,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80871,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 84.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B951

secondary

#3358AA

accent

#4CD90D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B951

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

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