#E8C05E#E8C05E
#E8C05E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.125 H 87.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8C05E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 192, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.2%, 59.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.42, 3.19, 53.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.42, 53.89, 86.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.39% 0.0061 0.1248) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.39% 0.125 87.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.1513, 55.6663, 18.4799) |
| Luminance | 0.5566 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.04
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.18
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.39
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.69
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.75
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.38
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8C05E #5E86E8
analogous
#E87B5E #E8C05E #CBE85E
triadic
#E8C05E #5EE8C0 #C05EE8
tetradic
#E8C05E #5EE87B #5E86E8 #E85ECB
square
#E8C05E #5EE87B #5E86E8 #E85ECB
split-complementary
#E8C05E #5ECBE8 #7B5EE8
monochromatic
#B28619 #E0AB28 #E8C05E #F0D594 #F7EAC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#E8C05E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.13
#E8C05E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8C05E
12.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8C05E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8C05E | 1.00 | 1.73 | 12.13 | 12.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3BF54
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DDC962
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAB2AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8c05e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 192, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.125 87.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d28f',
500: '#e8c05e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8c05e; $custom-light: #f2d28f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8c05e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 192,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.609,
"s": 75,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82386,
"c": 0.12496,
"h": 87.2
},
"luminance": 0.55663
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8C05E
secondary
#385BB3
accent
#49D70E
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F