#E8C159#E8C159

#E8C159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.130 H 88.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C159
RGB	rgb(232, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, 2.33, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 56.37, 87.63°)
OKLab	oklab(82.53% 0.003 0.1296)
OKLCH	oklch(82.53% 0.13 88.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1545, 56.0201, 17.4098)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C159 #5980E8

analogous

#E87959 #E8C159 #C8E859

triadic

#E8C159 #59E8C1 #C159E8

tetradic

#E8C159 #59E879 #5980E8 #E859C8

square

#E8C159 #59E879 #5980E8 #E859C8

split-complementary

#E8C159 #59C8E8 #7959E8

monochromatic

#AE8518 #E1AD23 #E8C159 #EFD58F #F7E9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E8C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E8C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C159

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C159	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)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.130 88.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d38c',
    500: '#e8c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c159;
$custom-light: #f3d38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82529,
    "c": 0.12963,
    "h": 88.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.56017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C159

secondary

#3657AF

accent

#45D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C159

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

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