#E8BE59#E8BE59

#E8BE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.128 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8BE59
RGB	rgb(232, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.87, 3.90, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.87, 55.61, 85.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% 0.0075 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.128 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.4980, 54.7072, 17.1910)
Luminance	0.5470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8BE59 #5983E8

analogous

#E87759 #E8BE59 #CAE859

triadic

#E8BE59 #59E8BE #BE59E8

tetradic

#E8BE59 #59E877 #5983E8 #E859CA

square

#E8BE59 #59E877 #5983E8 #E859CA

split-complementary

#E8BE59 #59CAE8 #7759E8

monochromatic

#AE8218 #E1A923 #E8BE59 #EFD38F #F7E8C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#E8BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.94

#E8BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8BE59

11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8BE59	1.00	1.76	11.94	11.94
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAAFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.128 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d18b',
    500: '#e8be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8be59;
$custom-light: #f3d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81936,
    "c": 0.12802,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8BE59

secondary

#365AAF

accent

#49D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8BE59

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

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