#E8B970#E8B970

#E8B970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.106 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B970
RGB	rgb(232, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(37, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(37, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.3%, 51.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, 8.27, 43.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 44.00, 79.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% 0.0231 0.1035)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.106 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.5547, 53.0267, 22.7405)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B970 #709FE8

analogous

#E87D70 #E8B970 #DBE870

triadic

#E8B970 #70E8B9 #B970E8

tetradic

#E8B970 #70E87D #709FE8 #E870DB

square

#E8B970 #70E87D #709FE8 #E870DB

split-complementary

#E8B970 #70DBE8 #7D70E8

monochromatic

#BF801F #E09F3B #E8B970 #F0D3A5 #F9EDD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E8B970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#E8B970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B970

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B970	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBBA6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C572

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ACA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.106 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cd9a',
    500: '#e8b970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b970;
$custom-light: #f2cd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81249,
    "c": 0.10602,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B970

secondary

#3E70BE

accent

#5ED411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF5

border

#D7D3CF

text

#17130E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B970

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

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