#E8C166#E8C166

#E8C166 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.119 H 86.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C166
RGB	rgb(232, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(42, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.8%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, 3.26, 50.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 50.50, 86.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% 0.0073 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.119 86.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.7494, 56.2580, 20.5429)
Luminance	0.5625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C166 #668DE8

analogous

#E88066 #E8C166 #CEE866

triadic

#E8C166 #66E8C1 #C166E8

tetradic

#E8C166 #66E880 #668DE8 #E866CE

square

#E8C166 #66E880 #668DE8 #E866CE

split-complementary

#E8C166 #66CEE8 #8066E8

monochromatic

#B8891C #E0AB31 #E8C166 #F0D79B #F8ECD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E8C166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#E8C166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C166

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C166	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4C05E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B3AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.119 86.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d394',
    500: '#e8c166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c166;
$custom-light: #f2d394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82679,
    "c": 0.11858,
    "h": 86.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C166

secondary

#3A60B8

accent

#4BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C166

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

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