#E8BC49#E8BC49

#E8BC49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.139 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BC49
RGB	rgb(232, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(43, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(43, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.23, 3.99, 61.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.23, 61.93, 86.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.39% 0.0058 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(81.39% 0.139 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4675, 53.6066, 13.8856)
Luminance	0.5360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BC49 #4975E8

analogous

#E86C49 #E8BC49 #C5E849

triadic

#E8BC49 #49E8BC #BC49E8

tetradic

#E8BC49 #49E86C #4975E8 #E849C5

square

#E8BC49 #49E86C #4975E8 #E849C5

split-complementary

#E8BC49 #49C5E8 #6C49E8

monochromatic

#A27B14 #D8A41B #E8BC49 #EFD07F #F6E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E8BC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.72

#E8BC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BC49

11.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BC49	1.00	1.79	11.72	11.72
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBACA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.139 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf81',
    500: '#e8bc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bc49;
$custom-light: #f3cf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.396,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81387,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BC49

secondary

#3151A4

accent

#69F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BC49

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

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