#E8C057#E8C057

#E8C057 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.131 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C057
RGB	rgb(232, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, 2.72, 56.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 56.99, 87.26°)
OKLab	oklab(82.31% 0.0039 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.31% 0.131 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8513, 55.5463, 16.9001)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C057 #577FE8

analogous

#E87757 #E8C057 #C8E857

triadic

#E8C057 #57E8C0 #C057E8

tetradic

#E8C057 #57E877 #577FE8 #E857C8

square

#E8C057 #57E877 #577FE8 #E857C8

split-complementary

#E8C057 #57C8E8 #7757E8

monochromatic

#AD8418 #E1AC21 #E8C057 #EFD48D #F7E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E8C057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E8C057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C057

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C057	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.131 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d28a',
    500: '#e8c057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c057;
$custom-light: #f3d28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.448,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82309,
    "c": 0.13068,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C057

secondary

#3557AE

accent

#45D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C057

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

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