#E8936C#E8936C

#E8936C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 74.2% C 0.116 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8936C
RGB	rgb(232, 147, 108)
HSL	hsl(19, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 36.6%, 53.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.83, 28.11, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.83, 44.07, 50.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.18% 0.0819 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(74.18% 0.116 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4221, 39.1101, 19.2886)
Luminance	0.3911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8936C #6CC1E8

analogous

#E86C83 #E8936C #E8D16C

triadic

#E8936C #6CE893 #936CE8

tetradic

#E8936C #83E86C #6CC1E8 #D16CE8

square

#E8936C #83E86C #6CC1E8 #D16CE8

split-complementary

#E8936C #6CE8D1 #6C83E8

monochromatic

#BC4F1D #E06C37 #E8936C #F0BAA1 #F9E1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#E8936C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#E8936C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8936C

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8936C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8936C	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99D69

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BEAF6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB8489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8936c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 147, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.2% 0.116 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b396',
    500: '#e8936c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8936c;
$custom-light: #f3b396;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8936c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 147,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.871,
    "s": 72.941,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74182,
    "c": 0.11608,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8936C

secondary

#C4DFEC

accent

#97D510

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8936C

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

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