#E8C989#E8C989

#E8C989 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.089 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8C989
RGB	rgb(232, 201, 137)
HSL	hsl(40, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(40, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.4%, 40.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, 2.32, 36.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 36.07, 86.32°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% 0.0081 0.0885)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.089 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(58.6823, 60.7377, 32.2945)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8C989 #89A8E8

analogous

#E89A89 #E8C989 #D8E889

triadic

#E8C989 #89E8C9 #C989E8

tetradic

#E8C989 #89E89A #89A8E8 #E889D8

square

#E8C989 #89E89A #89A8E8 #E889D8

split-complementary

#E8C989 #89D8E8 #9A89E8

monochromatic

#CE9828 #DEB256 #E8C989 #F2E0BC #FAF3E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E8C989 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E8C989 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8C989

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8C989	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8C989	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C884

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0D08B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8c989;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 201, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.089 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d9ac',
    500: '#e8c989',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8c989;
$custom-light: #f1d9ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8c989",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.421,
    "s": 67.376,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8478,
    "c": 0.08891,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8C989

secondary

#5478C1

accent

#53CF16

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFBF7

border

#D6D4D0

text

#171410

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8C989

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

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