#E8C561#E8C561

#E8C561 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.125 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C561
RGB	rgb(232, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, 0.81, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 53.88, 89.14°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0004 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.125 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.4051, 57.9543, 19.5749)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C561 #6184E8

analogous

#E88161 #E8C561 #C8E861

triadic

#E8C561 #61E8C5 #C561E8

tetradic

#E8C561 #61E881 #6184E8 #E861C8

square

#E8C561 #61E881 #6184E8 #E861C8

split-complementary

#E8C561 #61C8E8 #8161E8

monochromatic

#B48C1A #E0B12C #E8C561 #F0D996 #F8ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E8C561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E8C561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C561

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C561	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)

#D8C357

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.125 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d691',
    500: '#e8c561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c561;
$custom-light: #f2d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83412,
    "c": 0.12534,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C561

secondary

#3959B5

accent

#43D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C561

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

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