#E8835E#E8835E

#E8835E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.135 H 40.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8835E
RGB	rgb(232, 131, 94)
HSL	hsl(16, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(16, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 43.5%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.12, 35.42, 36.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.12, 51.07, 46.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% 0.1021 0.0876)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.135 40.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4187, 34.2011, 14.9024)
Luminance	0.3420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8835E #5EC3E8

analogous

#E85E7E #E8835E #E8C85E

triadic

#E8835E #5EE883 #835EE8

tetradic

#E8835E #7EE85E #5EC3E8 #C85EE8

square

#E8835E #7EE85E #5EC3E8 #C85EE8

split-complementary

#E8835E #5EE8C8 #5E7EE8

monochromatic

#B24219 #E05A28 #E8835E #F0AC94 #F7D5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#E8835E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#E8835E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8835E

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8835E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8835E	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D915B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC717A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8835e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 131, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.135 40.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a88c',
    500: '#e8835e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8835e;
$custom-light: #f4a88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8835e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.087,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71262,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 40.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8835E

secondary

#B9DCE9

accent

#A1D70E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8835E

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

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