#E8BA51#E8BA51

#E8BA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.132 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BA51
RGB	rgb(232, 186, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.8%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, 5.49, 57.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 58.16, 84.59°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% 0.0111 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.132 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3257, 52.8710, 15.2321)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BA51 #517FE8

analogous

#E86F51 #E8BA51 #CBE851

triadic

#E8BA51 #51E8BA #BA51E8

tetradic

#E8BA51 #51E86F #517FE8 #E851CB

square

#E8BA51 #51E86F #517FE8 #E851CB

split-complementary

#E8BA51 #51CBE8 #6F51E8

monochromatic

#A87C16 #DEA41D #E8BA51 #EFCF87 #F6E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E8BA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#E8BA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BA51

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BA51	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB945

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBABA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8ba51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 186, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.132 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ce86',
    500: '#e8ba51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8ba51;
$custom-light: #f3ce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8ba51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.722,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81067,
    "c": 0.1323,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BA51

secondary

#3357AA

accent

#4BD90D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BA51

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

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