#E8C259#E8C259

#E8C259 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.130 H 89.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C259
RGB	rgb(232, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 62%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 61.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.88, 1.81, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.88, 56.63, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% 0.0015 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.13 89.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.3763, 56.4637, 17.4837)
Luminance	0.5646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C259 #597FE8

analogous

#E87A59 #E8C259 #C6E859

triadic

#E8C259 #59E8C2 #C259E8

tetradic

#E8C259 #59E87A #597FE8 #E859C6

square

#E8C259 #59E87A #597FE8 #E859C6

split-complementary

#E8C259 #59C6E8 #7A59E8

monochromatic

#AE8718 #E1AE23 #E8C259 #EFD68F #F7EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E8C259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#E8C259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C259

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C259	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAB4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.130 89.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d48c',
    500: '#e8c259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c259;
$custom-light: #f3d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.056,
    "s": 75.661,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82727,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 89.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C259

secondary

#3656AF

accent

#43D80E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C259

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

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