#E8BC4B#E8BC4B
#E8BC4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.138 H 87.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8BC4B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 188, 75) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 77%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 68%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 19%, 67.7%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.25, 4.10, 60.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.25, 61.11, 86.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.4% 0.0064 0.1374) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.4% 0.138 87.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.5348, 53.6335, 14.2405) |
| Luminance | 0.5363 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.71
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.08
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.02
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.06
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.33
Golden Rod
#F9BC08
ΔE00 5.39
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8BC4B #4B77E8
analogous
#E86E4B #E8BC4B #C5E84B
triadic
#E8BC4B #4BE8BC #BC4BE8
tetradic
#E8BC4B #4BE86E #4B77E8 #E84BC5
square
#E8BC4B #4BE86E #4B77E8 #E84BC5
split-complementary
#E8BC4B #4BC5E8 #6E4BE8
monochromatic
#A47C15 #DAA51C #E8BC4B #EFD081 #F6E4B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#E8BC4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.73
#E8BC4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8BC4B
11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8BC4B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8BC4B | 1.00 | 1.79 | 11.73 | 11.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BB3D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC650
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBACA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8bc4b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 188, 75); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.138 87.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3cf83',
500: '#e8bc4b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8bc4b; $custom-light: #f3cf83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8bc4b",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 188,
"b": 75
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.185,
"s": 77.34,
"l": 60.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81404,
"c": 0.13757,
"h": 87.3
},
"luminance": 0.5363
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8BC4B
secondary
#3152A6
accent
#46DA0C
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18130B
muted
#86837E