#E8C151#E8C151

#E8C151 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.136 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C151
RGB	rgb(232, 193, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 65.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.55, 1.83, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.55, 59.82, 88.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.45% 0.0006 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(82.45% 0.136 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(53.8366, 55.8929, 15.7357)
Luminance	0.5589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C151 #5178E8

analogous

#E87651 #E8C151 #C4E851

triadic

#E8C151 #51E8C1 #C151E8

tetradic

#E8C151 #51E876 #5178E8 #E851C4

square

#E8C151 #51E876 #5178E8 #E851C4

split-complementary

#E8C151 #51C4E8 #7651E8

monochromatic

#A88316 #DEAD1D #E8C151 #EFD487 #F6E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E8C151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E8C151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C151

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C151	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)

#D5BF44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 193, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.136 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d387',
    500: '#e8c151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c151;
$custom-light: #f3d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.503,
    "s": 76.65,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82448,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C151

secondary

#3352AA

accent

#41D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C151

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

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