#E8835B#E8835B

#E8835B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 41.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8835B
RGB	rgb(232, 131, 91)
HSL	hsl(17, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(17, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.08, 35.20, 38.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.08, 52.06, 47.45°)
OKLab	oklab(71.22% 0.101 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(71.22% 0.136 41.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2867, 34.1483, 14.2072)
Luminance	0.3414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8835B #5BC0E8

analogous

#E85B79 #E8835B #E8C95B

triadic

#E8835B #5BE883 #835BE8

tetradic

#E8835B #79E85B #5BC0E8 #C95BE8

square

#E8835B #79E85B #5BC0E8 #C95BE8

split-complementary

#E8835B #5BE8C9 #5B79E8

monochromatic

#B04419 #E05A25 #E8835B #F0AC91 #F7D4C6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#E8835B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#E8835B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8835B

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8835B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8835B	1.00	2.68	7.83	7.83
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E9157

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC7079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8835b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 131, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 41.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a88a',
    500: '#e8835b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8835b;
$custom-light: #f4a88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8835b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.021,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71217,
    "c": 0.13584,
    "h": 41.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8835B

secondary

#B6DAE9

accent

#9ED80E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8835B

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

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