#E8BC59#E8BC59

#E8BC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.127 H 85.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BC59
RGB	rgb(232, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, 4.94, 54.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 55.14, 84.86°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.0106 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.127 85.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0678, 53.8467, 17.0476)
Luminance	0.5384 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BC59 #5985E8

analogous

#E87459 #E8BC59 #CDE859

triadic

#E8BC59 #59E8BC #BC59E8

tetradic

#E8BC59 #59E874 #5985E8 #E859CD

square

#E8BC59 #59E874 #5985E8 #E859CD

split-complementary

#E8BC59 #59CDE8 #7459E8

monochromatic

#AE8018 #E1A623 #E8BC59 #EFD28F #F7E7C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E8BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#E8BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BC59

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BC59	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.127 85.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf8b',
    500: '#e8bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bc59;
$custom-light: #f3cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81542,
    "c": 0.12704,
    "h": 85.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BC59

secondary

#365BAF

accent

#4CD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BC59

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

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