#E8C254#E8C254

#E8C254 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.134 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C254
RGB	rgb(232, 194, 84)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 63.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, 1.49, 58.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 58.80, 88.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.68% 0 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(82.68% 0.134 90)
XYZ	xyz(54.1734, 56.3826, 16.4153)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C254 #547AE8

analogous

#E87854 #E8C254 #C4E854

triadic

#E8C254 #54E8C2 #C254E8

tetradic

#E8C254 #54E878 #547AE8 #E854C4

square

#E8C254 #54E878 #547AE8 #E854C4

split-complementary

#E8C254 #54C4E8 #7854E8

monochromatic

#AB8517 #E1AF1E #E8C254 #EFD58A #F7E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E8C254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#E8C254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C254

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C254	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 194, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.134 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d488',
    500: '#e8c254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c254;
$custom-light: #f3d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 76.289,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82676,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.56379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C254

secondary

#3453AC

accent

#41D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C254

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

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