#E8B955#E8B955

#E8B955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.129 H 83.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B955
RGB	rgb(232, 185, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.59, 6.26, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.59, 56.22, 83.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.91% 0.0139 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(80.91% 0.129 83.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.2702, 52.5129, 15.9755)
Luminance	0.5251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B955 #5584E8

analogous

#E86F55 #E8B955 #CEE855

triadic

#E8B955 #55E8B9 #B955E8

tetradic

#E8B955 #55E86F #5584E8 #E855CE

square

#E8B955 #55E86F #5584E8 #E855CE

split-complementary

#E8B955 #55CEE8 #6F55E8

monochromatic

#AB7C17 #E1A31F #E8B955 #EFCF8B #F7E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E8B955 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.50

#E8B955 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B955

11.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B955	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B955	1.00	1.83	11.50	11.50
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C559

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b955;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 185, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.129 83.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd89',
    500: '#e8b955',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b955;
$custom-light: #f3cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b955",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.816,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80912,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 83.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B955

secondary

#355BAD

accent

#4ED80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B955

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

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