#E8C679#E8C679

#E8C679 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.104 H 86.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C679
RGB	rgb(232, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.7%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.25, 2.28, 42.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.25, 42.93, 86.96°)
OKLab	oklab(83.93% 0.0065 0.1033)
OKLCH	oklch(83.93% 0.104 86.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.9260, 58.9272, 26.4610)
Luminance	0.5892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C679 #799BE8

analogous

#E88F79 #E8C679 #D2E879

triadic

#E8C679 #79E8C6 #C679E8

tetradic

#E8C679 #79E88F #799BE8 #E879D2

square

#E8C679 #79E88F #799BE8 #E879D2

split-complementary

#E8C679 #79D2E8 #8F79E8

monochromatic

#C59322 #DFB045 #E8C679 #F1DCAD #FAF2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E8C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.78

#E8C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C679

12.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C679	1.00	1.64	12.78	12.78
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C573

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCE7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.104 86.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d7a1',
    500: '#e8c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c679;
$custom-light: #f1d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.622,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83929,
    "c": 0.10353,
    "h": 86.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.58924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C679

secondary

#456BC0

accent

#4ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C679

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

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