#E8C050#E8C050

#E8C050 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.136 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C050
RGB	rgb(232, 192, 80)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.29, 2.29, 59.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.29, 59.99, 87.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.24% 0.0018 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(82.24% 0.136 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.5791, 55.4374, 15.4663)
Luminance	0.5543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C050 #5078E8

analogous

#E87450 #E8C050 #C4E850

triadic

#E8C050 #50E8C0 #C050E8

tetradic

#E8C050 #50E874 #5078E8 #E850C4

square

#E8C050 #50E874 #5078E8 #E850C4

split-complementary

#E8C050 #50C4E8 #7450E8

monochromatic

#A88116 #DEAB1D #E8C050 #EFD386 #F6E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E8C050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.09

#E8C050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C050

12.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C050	1.00	1.74	12.09	12.09
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 192, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.136 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d286',
    500: '#e8c050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c050;
$custom-light: #f3d286;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8224,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C050

secondary

#3352A9

accent

#42D90D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C050

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

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