#E8C059#E8C059

#E8C059 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.129 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C059
RGB	rgb(232, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, 2.85, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 56.11, 87.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.33% 0.0045 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(82.33% 0.129 88)
XYZ	xyz(53.9342, 55.5795, 17.3364)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C059 #5981E8

analogous

#E87959 #E8C059 #C8E859

triadic

#E8C059 #59E8C0 #C059E8

tetradic

#E8C059 #59E879 #5981E8 #E859C8

square

#E8C059 #59E879 #5981E8 #E859C8

split-complementary

#E8C059 #59C8E8 #7959E8

monochromatic

#AE8418 #E1AC23 #E8C059 #EFD48F #F7E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E8C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#E8C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C059

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C059	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB1A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.129 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d28b',
    500: '#e8c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c059;
$custom-light: #f3d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.217,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8233,
    "c": 0.12908,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.55576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C059

secondary

#3658AF

accent

#46D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C059

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

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