#E8C04B#E8C04B

#E8C04B is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.140 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C04B
RGB	rgb(232, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 67.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, 2.01, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 62.06, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.2% 0.0004 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(82.2% 0.14 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4012, 55.3663, 14.5293)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C04B #4B73E8

analogous

#E8714B #E8C04B #C2E84B

triadic

#E8C04B #4BE8C0 #C04BE8

tetradic

#E8C04B #4BE871 #4B73E8 #E84BC2

square

#E8C04B #4BE871 #4B73E8 #E84BC2

split-complementary

#E8C04B #4BC2E8 #714BE8

monochromatic

#A47F15 #DAAA1C #E8C04B #EFD381 #F6E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E8C04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#E8C04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C04B

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C04B	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC951

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.140 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d283',
    500: '#e8c04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c04b;
$custom-light: #f3d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.713,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82195,
    "c": 0.13964,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C04B

secondary

#314FA6

accent

#40DA0C

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140B

muted

#86837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C04B

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

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