#E8BC4C#E8BC4C
#E8BC4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.137 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8BC4C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 188, 76) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 77%, 60%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 67%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 19%, 67.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.26, 4.15, 60.56) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.26, 60.70, 86.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.41% 0.0067 0.1367) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.41% 0.137 87.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.5693, 53.6473, 14.4222) |
| Luminance | 0.5364 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.80
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.09
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.13
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.16
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.37
Golden Rod
#F9BC08
ΔE00 5.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8BC4C #4C78E8
analogous
#E86E4C #E8BC4C #C6E84C
triadic
#E8BC4C #4CE8BC #BC4CE8
tetradic
#E8BC4C #4CE86E #4C78E8 #E84CC6
square
#E8BC4C #4CE86E #4C78E8 #E84CC6
split-complementary
#E8BC4C #4CC6E8 #6E4CE8
monochromatic
#A47C15 #DBA51C #E8BC4C #EFD082 #F6E5B8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#E8BC4C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.73
#E8BC4C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8BC4C
11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8BC4C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8BC4C | 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)
#D1BB3E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC651
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FBADA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8bc4c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 188, 76); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.137 87.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3cf83',
500: '#e8bc4c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8bc4c; $custom-light: #f3cf83; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8bc4c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 188,
"b": 76
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.077,
"s": 77.228,
"l": 60.392
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81413,
"c": 0.13686,
"h": 87.2
},
"luminance": 0.53644
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8BC4C
secondary
#3253A7
accent
#46D90C
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18130B
muted
#86837E