#E8C262#E8C262

#E8C262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.123 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C262
RGB	rgb(232, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.4%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, 2.44, 52.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 52.60, 87.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% 0.0044 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.123 87.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7776, 56.6242, 19.5972)
Luminance	0.5662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C262 #6288E8

analogous

#E87F62 #E8C262 #CBE862

triadic

#E8C262 #62E8C2 #C262E8

tetradic

#E8C262 #62E87F #6288E8 #E862CB

square

#E8C262 #62E87F #6288E8 #E862CB

split-complementary

#E8C262 #62CBE8 #7F62E8

monochromatic

#B5891B #E0AD2D #E8C262 #F0D797 #F8EBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E8C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E8C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C262

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C262	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECB66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.123 87.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d491',
    500: '#e8c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c262;
$custom-light: #f2d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.985,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82828,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 87.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C262

secondary

#395CB5

accent

#48D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C262

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

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