#E8C154#E8C154
#E8C154 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.134 H 89.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8C154 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 193, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 64%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 63.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.58, 2.01, 58.51) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.58, 58.54, 88.03°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.48% 0.0014 0.1336) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.48% 0.134 89.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.9516, 55.9389, 16.3414) |
| Luminance | 0.5594 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.05
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.37
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.92
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.37
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.61
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 5.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8C154 #547BE8
analogous
#E87754 #E8C154 #C5E854
triadic
#E8C154 #54E8C1 #C154E8
tetradic
#E8C154 #54E877 #547BE8 #E854C5
square
#E8C154 #54E877 #547BE8 #E854C5
split-complementary
#E8C154 #54C5E8 #7754E8
monochromatic
#AB8417 #E1AD1E #E8C154 #EFD58A #F7E8C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.72
#E8C154 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.19
#E8C154 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8C154
12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8C154 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8C154 | 1.00 | 1.72 | 12.19 | 12.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.72 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BF48
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCA59
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FAB2AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8c154; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 193, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.134 89.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3d388',
500: '#e8c154',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8c154; $custom-light: #f3d388; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8c154",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 193,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.189,
"s": 76.289,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82477,
"c": 0.13358,
"h": 89.4
},
"luminance": 0.55936
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8C154
secondary
#3454AC
accent
#43D80D
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F