#E8C150#E8C150

#E8C150 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.137 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C150
RGB	rgb(232, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 65.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.54, 1.77, 60.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.54, 60.24, 88.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% 0.0003 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.137 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.7994, 55.8781, 15.5397)
Luminance	0.5587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C150 #5077E8

analogous

#E87550 #E8C150 #C3E850

triadic

#E8C150 #50E8C1 #C150E8

tetradic

#E8C150 #50E875 #5077E8 #E850C3

square

#E8C150 #50E875 #5077E8 #E850C3

split-complementary

#E8C150 #50C3E8 #7550E8

monochromatic

#A88216 #DEAC1D #E8C150 #EFD486 #F6E7BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E8C150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E8C150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C150

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C150	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.137 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d386',
    500: '#e8c150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c150;
$custom-light: #f3d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.605,
    "s": 76.768,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82439,
    "c": 0.1366,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C150

secondary

#3351A9

accent

#41D90D

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C150

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

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