#E8BE4A#E8BE4A

#E8BE4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.139 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BE4A
RGB	rgb(232, 190, 74)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 68.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.74, 3.00, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.74, 61.98, 87.23°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% 0.0031 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.139 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.9311, 54.4804, 14.2051)
Luminance	0.5448 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BE4A #4A74E8

analogous

#E86F4A #E8BE4A #C3E84A

triadic

#E8BE4A #4AE8BE #BE4AE8

tetradic

#E8BE4A #4AE86F #4A74E8 #E84AC3

square

#E8BE4A #4AE86F #4A74E8 #E84AC3

split-complementary

#E8BE4A #4AC3E8 #6F4AE8

monochromatic

#A37D15 #D9A71C #E8BE4A #EFD280 #F6E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E8BE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#E8BE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BE4A

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BE4A	1.00	1.77	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FBAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8be4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 190, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.139 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d182',
    500: '#e8be4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8be4a;
$custom-light: #f3d182;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8be4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.051,
    "s": 77.451,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8179,
    "c": 0.13926,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.54477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BE4A

secondary

#3150A5

accent

#67F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BE4A

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

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