#E8BD57#E8BD57

#E8BD57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.129 H 86.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BD57
RGB	rgb(232, 189, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.60, 4.29, 56.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.60, 56.25, 85.63°)
OKLab	oklab(81.72% 0.0084 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(81.72% 0.129 86.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.1993, 54.2423, 16.6827)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BD57 #5782E8

analogous

#E87557 #E8BD57 #CAE857

triadic

#E8BD57 #57E8BD #BD57E8

tetradic

#E8BD57 #57E875 #5782E8 #E857CA

square

#E8BD57 #57E875 #5782E8 #E857CA

split-complementary

#E8BD57 #57CAE8 #7557E8

monochromatic

#AD8118 #E1A821 #E8BD57 #EFD28D #F7E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E8BD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#E8BD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BD57

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BD57	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 189, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.129 86.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d08a',
    500: '#e8bd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bd57;
$custom-light: #f3d08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.207,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81717,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 86.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BD57

secondary

#3559AE

accent

#4AD80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BD57

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

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