#E8C560#E8C560

#E8C560 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.126 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C560
RGB	rgb(232, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 58.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, 0.74, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 54.33, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.4% -0.0008 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(83.4% 0.126 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.3588, 57.9358, 19.3309)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C560 #6083E8

analogous

#E88160 #E8C560 #C7E860

triadic

#E8C560 #60E8C5 #C560E8

tetradic

#E8C560 #60E881 #6083E8 #E860C7

square

#E8C560 #60E881 #6083E8 #E860C7

split-complementary

#E8C560 #60C7E8 #8160E8

monochromatic

#B48C1A #E0B12B #E8C560 #F0D995 #F7ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E8C560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E8C560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C560

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C560	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.126 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d690',
    500: '#e8c560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c560;
$custom-light: #f2d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.559,
    "s": 74.725,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.834,
    "c": 0.1262,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C560

secondary

#3858B4

accent

#42D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C560

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

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