#E8835C#E8835C

#E8835C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.135 H 41.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8835C
RGB	rgb(232, 131, 92)
HSL	hsl(17, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(17, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.09, 35.27, 37.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.09, 51.73, 47.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% 0.1014 0.0897)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.135 41.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.3301, 34.1656, 14.4359)
Luminance	0.3416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8835C #5CC1E8

analogous

#E85C7B #E8835C #E8C95C

triadic

#E8835C #5CE883 #835CE8

tetradic

#E8835C #7BE85C #5CC1E8 #C95CE8

square

#E8835C #7BE85C #5CC1E8 #C95CE8

split-complementary

#E8835C #5CE8C9 #5C7BE8

monochromatic

#B14319 #E05A26 #E8835C #F0AC92 #F7D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#E8835C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.83

#E8835C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8835C

7.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8835C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8835C	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)

#9E9158

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC717A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8835c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 131, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.135 41.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a88b',
    500: '#e8835c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8835c;
$custom-light: #f4a88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8835c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.714,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71232,
    "c": 0.13541,
    "h": 41.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8835C

secondary

#B7DBE9

accent

#9FD70E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8835C

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →