#E8C366#E8C366

#E8C366 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.120 H 88.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C366
RGB	rgb(232, 195, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, 2.22, 50.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 51.03, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% 0.0042 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.12 88)
XYZ	xyz(55.1945, 57.1483, 20.6913)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C366 #668BE8

analogous

#E88266 #E8C366 #CCE866

triadic

#E8C366 #66E8C3 #C366E8

tetradic

#E8C366 #66E882 #668BE8 #E866CC

square

#E8C366 #66E882 #668BE8 #E866CC

split-complementary

#E8C366 #66CCE8 #8266E8

monochromatic

#B88B1C #E0AE31 #E8C366 #F0D89B #F8EDD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E8C366 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E8C366 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C366

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C366	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C366	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C15D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB69

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B5AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c366;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 195, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.120 88.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d494',
    500: '#e8c366',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c366;
$custom-light: #f2d494;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c366",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.923,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83074,
    "c": 0.11972,
    "h": 88
  },
  "luminance": 0.57145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C366

secondary

#3A5EB8

accent

#48D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C366

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

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