#E8BD42#E8BD42

#E8BD42 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.144 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BD42
RGB	rgb(232, 189, 66)
HSL	hsl(44, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(44, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 71.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, 3.12, 64.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 64.91, 87.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.53% 0.0025 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(81.53% 0.144 89)
XYZ	xyz(52.4627, 53.9477, 12.8029)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BD42 #426DE8

analogous

#E86A42 #E8BD42 #C0E842

triadic

#E8BD42 #42E8BD #BD42E8

tetradic

#E8BD42 #42E86A #426DE8 #E842C0

square

#E8BD42 #42E86A #426DE8 #E842C0

split-complementary

#E8BD42 #42C0E8 #6A42E8

monochromatic

#9D7913 #D3A31A #E8BD42 #EFD079 #F5E3AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E8BD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#E8BD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BD42

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BD42	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBADA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bd42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 189, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.144 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4d07e',
    500: '#e8bd42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bd42;
$custom-light: #f4d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bd42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.458,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81527,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.53944
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BD42

secondary

#2F4CA0

accent

#65F533

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BD42

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

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