#E8BE5A#E8BE5A
#E8BE5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.127 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8BE5A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 190, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 76%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.1%, 61.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.88, 3.96, 55.03) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.88, 55.17, 85.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.95% 0.0079 0.127) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.95% 0.127 86.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.5403, 54.7241, 17.4136) |
| Luminance | 0.5472 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.01
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.07
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.53
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.72
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 6.21
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8BE5A #5A84E8
analogous
#E8775A #E8BE5A #CBE85A
triadic
#E8BE5A #5AE8BE #BE5AE8
tetradic
#E8BE5A #5AE877 #5A84E8 #E85ACB
square
#E8BE5A #5AE877 #5A84E8 #E85ACB
split-complementary
#E8BE5A #5ACBE8 #775AE8
monochromatic
#AF8318 #E1A924 #E8BE5A #EFD390 #F7E8C5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.76
#E8BE5A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.94
#E8BE5A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8BE5A
11.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8BE5A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8BE5A | 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)
#D2BD50
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC85E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAAFA8
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8be5a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 190, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.127 86.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d18c',
500: '#e8be5a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8be5a; $custom-light: #f3d18c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8be5a",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 190,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.254,
"s": 75.532,
"l": 63.137
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81946,
"c": 0.12721,
"h": 86.5
},
"luminance": 0.54721
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8BE5A
secondary
#365AB0
accent
#4AD80E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F