#E8BB51#E8BB51

#E8BB51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.133 H 85.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BB51
RGB	rgb(232, 187, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, 4.96, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 58.38, 85.12°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.0096 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.133 85.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5371, 53.2938, 15.3026)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BB51 #517EE8

analogous

#E87051 #E8BB51 #CAE851

triadic

#E8BB51 #51E8BB #BB51E8

tetradic

#E8BB51 #51E870 #517EE8 #E851CA

square

#E8BB51 #51E870 #517EE8 #E851CA

split-complementary

#E8BB51 #51CAE8 #7051E8

monochromatic

#A87D16 #DEA51D #E8BB51 #EFD087 #F6E5BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E8BB51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#E8BB51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BB51

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BB51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BB51	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC655

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bb51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 187, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.133 85.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf86',
    500: '#e8bb51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bb51;
$custom-light: #f3cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bb51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.119,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81263,
    "c": 0.13276,
    "h": 85.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BB51

secondary

#3357AA

accent

#4AD90D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BB51

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

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