#E8C563#E8C563

#E8C563 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.124 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C563
RGB	rgb(232, 197, 99)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 57.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, 0.96, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 52.97, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% 0.0002 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.124 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4995, 57.9921, 20.0722)
Luminance	0.5799 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C563 #6386E8

analogous

#E88363 #E8C563 #C8E863

triadic

#E8C563 #63E8C5 #C563E8

tetradic

#E8C563 #63E883 #6386E8 #E863C8

square

#E8C563 #63E883 #6386E8 #E863C8

split-complementary

#E8C563 #63C8E8 #8363E8

monochromatic

#B68D1B #E0B12E #E8C563 #F0D998 #F8EDCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E8C563 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E8C563 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C563

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C563	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C563	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c563;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 197, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.124 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d692',
    500: '#e8c563',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c563;
$custom-light: #f2d692;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c563",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.211,
    "s": 74.302,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83435,
    "c": 0.1236,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C563

secondary

#395AB6

accent

#44D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C563

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

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