#E8C157#E8C157

#E8C157 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.131 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C157
RGB	rgb(232, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 62.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, 2.20, 57.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 57.24, 87.79°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% 0.0024 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.131 89)
XYZ	xyz(54.0717, 55.9869, 16.9735)
Luminance	0.5598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C157 #577EE8

analogous

#E87857 #E8C157 #C7E857

triadic

#E8C157 #57E8C1 #C157E8

tetradic

#E8C157 #57E878 #577EE8 #E857C7

square

#E8C157 #57E878 #577EE8 #E857C7

split-complementary

#E8C157 #57C7E8 #7857E8

monochromatic

#AD8518 #E1AD21 #E8C157 #EFD58D #F7E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E8C157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E8C157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C157

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C157	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.131 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d38a',
    500: '#e8c157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c157;
$custom-light: #f3d38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.862,
    "s": 75.916,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82508,
    "c": 0.13123,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.55984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C157

secondary

#3556AE

accent

#44D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C157

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

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