#E8BC57#E8BC57

#E8BC57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.129 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BC57
RGB	rgb(232, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 4.81, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 56.02, 85.07°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% 0.0099 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.129 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.9850, 53.8136, 16.6113)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BC57 #5783E8

analogous

#E87357 #E8BC57 #CCE857

triadic

#E8BC57 #57E8BC #BC57E8

tetradic

#E8BC57 #57E873 #5783E8 #E857CC

square

#E8BC57 #57E873 #5783E8 #E857CC

split-complementary

#E8BC57 #57CCE8 #7357E8

monochromatic

#AD8018 #E1A721 #E8BC57 #EFD18D #F7E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E8BC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#E8BC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BC57

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BC57	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)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.129 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf8a',
    500: '#e8bc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bc57;
$custom-light: #f3cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.793,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81521,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BC57

secondary

#355AAE

accent

#4BD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BC57

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

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