#E8BC53#E8BC53

#E8BC53 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.132 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BC53
RGB	rgb(232, 188, 83)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 64.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, 4.56, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 57.75, 85.47°)
OKLab	oklab(81.48% 0.0087 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(81.48% 0.132 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.8261, 53.7500, 15.7743)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BC53 #537FE8

analogous

#E87253 #E8BC53 #C9E853

triadic

#E8BC53 #53E8BC #BC53E8

tetradic

#E8BC53 #53E872 #537FE8 #E853C9

square

#E8BC53 #53E872 #537FE8 #E853C9

split-complementary

#E8BC53 #53C9E8 #7253E8

monochromatic

#AA7E17 #E0A71E #E8BC53 #EFD189 #F6E6BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E8BC53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E8BC53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BC53

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BC53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BC53	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bc53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 188, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.132 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf87',
    500: '#e8bc53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bc53;
$custom-light: #f3cf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bc53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.282,
    "s": 76.41,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8148,
    "c": 0.13173,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BC53

secondary

#3457AB

accent

#49D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BC53

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

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