#E8BD59#E8BD59

#E8BD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.128 H 85.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BD59
RGB	rgb(232, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.62, 4.42, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.62, 55.37, 85.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% 0.0091 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.128 85.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.2822, 54.2755, 17.1190)
Luminance	0.5427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BD59 #5984E8

analogous

#E87559 #E8BD59 #CBE859

triadic

#E8BD59 #59E8BD #BD59E8

tetradic

#E8BD59 #59E875 #5984E8 #E859CB

square

#E8BD59 #59E875 #5984E8 #E859CB

split-complementary

#E8BD59 #59CBE8 #7559E8

monochromatic

#AE8118 #E1A823 #E8BD59 #EFD28F #F7E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E8BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#E8BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BD59

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BD59	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)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAEA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.128 85.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d08b',
    500: '#e8bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8bd59;
$custom-light: #f3d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.958,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.12752,
    "h": 85.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BD59

secondary

#365AAF

accent

#4AD80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BD59

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

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