#E8BE4E#E8BE4E

#E8BE4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.136 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BE4E
RGB	rgb(232, 190, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 66.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.77, 3.22, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.77, 60.34, 86.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.83% 0.0042 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(81.83% 0.136 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.0702, 54.5360, 14.9375)
Luminance	0.5453 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BE4E #4E78E8

analogous

#E8714E #E8BE4E #C5E84E

triadic

#E8BE4E #4EE8BE #BE4EE8

tetradic

#E8BE4E #4EE871 #4E78E8 #E84EC5

square

#E8BE4E #4EE871 #4E78E8 #E84EC5

split-complementary

#E8BE4E #4EC5E8 #714EE8

monochromatic

#A67F16 #DCA81D #E8BE4E #EFD284 #F6E6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E8BE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#E8BE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BE4E

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BE4E	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAFA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8be4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 190, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.136 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d185',
    500: '#e8be4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8be4e;
$custom-light: #f3d185;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8be4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 77,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81826,
    "c": 0.13643,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BE4E

secondary

#3252A8

accent

#44D90C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BE4E

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