#E8855C#E8855C

#E8855C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.347; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.134 H 42.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8855C
RGB	rgb(232, 133, 92)
HSL	hsl(18, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(18, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 42.7%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.52, 34.24, 38.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.52, 51.41, 48.25°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% 0.0982 0.0909)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.134 42.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.6013, 34.7081, 14.5263)
Luminance	0.3470 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8855C #5CBFE8

analogous

#E85C79 #E8855C #E8CB5C

triadic

#E8855C #5CE885 #855CE8

tetradic

#E8855C #79E85C #5CBFE8 #CB5CE8

square

#E8855C #79E85C #5CBFE8 #CB5CE8

split-complementary

#E8855C #5CE8CB #5C79E8

monochromatic

#B14519 #E05D26 #E8855C #F0AD92 #F7D5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#E8855C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.94

#E8855C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8855C

7.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8855C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8855C	1.00	2.64	7.94	7.94
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F9258

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC737B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8855c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 133, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.134 42.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4a98b',
    500: '#e8855c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8855c;
$custom-light: #f4a98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8855c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.571,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71559,
    "c": 0.13384,
    "h": 42.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8855C

secondary

#B7DAE9

accent

#9CD70E

background

#FFFAF8

surface

#FFF4F0

border

#D7CECB

text

#18100C

muted

#867F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8855C

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

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