#E8C970#E8C970

#E8C970 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.114 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C970
RGB	rgb(232, 201, 112)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(45, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 51.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -0.08, 48.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 48.10, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0013 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.114 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.0921, 60.1016, 23.9196)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C970 #708FE8

analogous

#E88D70 #E8C970 #CBE870

triadic

#E8C970 #70E8C9 #C970E8

tetradic

#E8C970 #70E88D #708FE8 #E870CB

square

#E8C970 #70E88D #708FE8 #E870CB

split-complementary

#E8C970 #70CBE8 #8D70E8

monochromatic

#BF961F #E0B53B #E8C970 #F0DDA5 #F9F1D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E8C970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E8C970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C970

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C970	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC668

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BCB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 201, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.114 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d99b',
    500: '#e8c970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c970;
$custom-light: #f2d99b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.5,
    "s": 72.289,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84397,
    "c": 0.11429,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C970

secondary

#3E5FBE

accent

#44D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C970

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

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