#E8C152#E8C152

#E8C152 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.135 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C152
RGB	rgb(232, 193, 82)
HSL	hsl(44, 77%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 64.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.56, 1.89, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.56, 59.40, 88.18°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% 0.0009 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.135 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.8744, 55.9081, 15.9347)
Luminance	0.5591 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C152 #5279E8

analogous

#E87652 #E8C152 #C4E852

triadic

#E8C152 #52E8C1 #C152E8

tetradic

#E8C152 #52E876 #5279E8 #E852C4

square

#E8C152 #52E876 #5279E8 #E852C4

split-complementary

#E8C152 #52C4E8 #7652E8

monochromatic

#A98316 #DFAD1E #E8C152 #EFD488 #F6E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E8C152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E8C152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C152

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C152	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)

#D5BF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 193, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.135 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d387',
    500: '#e8c152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c152;
$custom-light: #f3d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.4,
    "s": 76.531,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82458,
    "c": 0.1351,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C152

secondary

#3453AB

accent

#42D90D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C152

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

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