#E8C255#E8C255

#E8C255 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.133 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C255
RGB	rgb(232, 194, 85)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(44, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 63.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.84, 1.56, 58.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.84, 58.37, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% 0.0003 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.133 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2129, 56.3983, 16.6230)
Luminance	0.5639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C255 #557BE8

analogous

#E87955 #E8C255 #C4E855

triadic

#E8C255 #55E8C2 #C255E8

tetradic

#E8C255 #55E879 #557BE8 #E855C4

square

#E8C255 #55E879 #557BE8 #E855C4

split-complementary

#E8C255 #55C4E8 #7955E8

monochromatic

#AB8517 #E1AF1F #E8C255 #EFD58B #F7E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E8C255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#E8C255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C255

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C255	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)

#D6C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 194, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.133 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d489',
    500: '#e8c255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c255;
$custom-light: #f3d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.49,
    "s": 76.166,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82686,
    "c": 0.13338,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C255

secondary

#3554AD

accent

#42D80D

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C255

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

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