#E8BE56#E8BE56
#E8BE56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.130 H 87.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8BE56 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 190, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 62.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.84, 3.70, 56.81) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.84, 56.93, 86.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.9% 0.0066 0.1302) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.9% 0.13 87.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.3746, 54.6578, 16.5410) |
| Luminance | 0.5465 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.62
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.86
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.21
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.88
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 6.00
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 6.02
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8BE56 #5680E8
analogous
#E87556 #E8BE56 #C9E856
triadic
#E8BE56 #56E8BE #BE56E8
tetradic
#E8BE56 #56E875 #5680E8 #E856C9
square
#E8BE56 #56E875 #5680E8 #E856C9
split-complementary
#E8BE56 #56C9E8 #7556E8
monochromatic
#AC8117 #E1A920 #E8BE56 #EFD38C #F7E7C2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.76
#E8BE56 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.93
#E8BE56 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8BE56
11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8BE56 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8BE56 | 1.00 | 1.76 | 11.93 | 11.93 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.76 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.93 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BD4B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC85A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAAFA7
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8be56; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 190, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.130 87.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d189',
500: '#e8be56',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8be56; $custom-light: #f3d189; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8be56",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 190,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.74,
"s": 76.042,
"l": 62.353
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81904,
"c": 0.13041,
"h": 87.1
},
"luminance": 0.54655
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8BE56
secondary
#3558AD
accent
#48D80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F