#E8B957#E8B957

#E8B957 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.525; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.127 H 83.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B957
RGB	rgb(232, 185, 87)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.61, 6.38, 54.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.61, 55.35, 83.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.93% 0.0145 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.93% 0.127 83.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.3508, 52.5452, 16.3999)
Luminance	0.5254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B957 #5786E8

analogous

#E87157 #E8B957 #CEE857

triadic

#E8B957 #57E8B9 #B957E8

tetradic

#E8B957 #57E871 #5786E8 #E857CE

square

#E8B957 #57E871 #5786E8 #E857CE

split-complementary

#E8B957 #57CEE8 #7157E8

monochromatic

#AD7D18 #E1A321 #E8B957 #EFCF8D #F7E6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E8B957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#E8B957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B957

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B957	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	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)

#CEB94D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 185, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.127 83.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cd8a',
    500: '#e8b957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b957;
$custom-light: #f3cd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.552,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80933,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 83.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B957

secondary

#355CAE

accent

#4FD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B957

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

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