#E8BD51#E8BD51

#E8BD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.134 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BD51
RGB	rgb(232, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, 3.92, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 58.84, 86.18°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% 0.0066 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.134 87.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.9643, 54.1483, 15.4450)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BD51 #517CE8

analogous

#E87251 #E8BD51 #C8E851

triadic

#E8BD51 #51E8BD #BD51E8

tetradic

#E8BD51 #51E872 #517CE8 #E851C8

square

#E8BD51 #51E872 #517CE8 #E851C8

split-complementary

#E8BD51 #51C8E8 #7251E8

monochromatic

#A87F16 #DEA71D #E8BD51 #EFD287 #F6E6BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E8BD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#E8BD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BD51

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BD51	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.134 87.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d086',
    500: '#e8bd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bd51;
$custom-light: #f3d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.914,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81657,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 87.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BD51

secondary

#3355AA

accent

#47D90D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BD51

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

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