#E8B956#E8B956

#E8B956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.128 H 83.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B956
RGB	rgb(232, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.60, 6.32, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.60, 55.78, 83.50°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% 0.0142 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.128 83.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3102, 52.5289, 16.1862)
Luminance	0.5253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B956 #5685E8

analogous

#E87056 #E8B956 #CEE856

triadic

#E8B956 #56E8B9 #B956E8

tetradic

#E8B956 #56E870 #5685E8 #E856CE

square

#E8B956 #56E870 #5685E8 #E856CE

split-complementary

#E8B956 #56CEE8 #7056E8

monochromatic

#AC7C17 #E1A320 #E8B956 #EFCF8C #F7E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E8B956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#E8B956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B956

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B956	1.00	1.83	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB94C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.128 83.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd89',
    500: '#e8b956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b956;
$custom-light: #f3cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.685,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80923,
    "c": 0.12807,
    "h": 83.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B956

secondary

#355CAD

accent

#4FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B956

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

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