#E8BC55#E8BC55

#E8BC55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BC55
RGB	rgb(232, 188, 85)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 4.68, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 56.89, 85.28°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% 0.0093 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.13 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.9044, 53.7814, 16.1869)
Luminance	0.5378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BC55 #5581E8

analogous

#E87355 #E8BC55 #CAE855

triadic

#E8BC55 #55E8BC #BC55E8

tetradic

#E8BC55 #55E873 #5581E8 #E855CA

square

#E8BC55 #55E873 #5581E8 #E855CA

split-complementary

#E8BC55 #55CAE8 #7355E8

monochromatic

#AB7F17 #E1A71F #E8BC55 #EFD18B #F7E6C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E8BC55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#E8BC55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BC55

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BC55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BC55	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bc55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 188, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf89',
    500: '#e8bc55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bc55;
$custom-light: #f3cf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bc55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.041,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.815,
    "c": 0.13019,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BC55

secondary

#3559AD

accent

#4AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BC55

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

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