#E8955A#E8955A

#E8955A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 54.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8955A
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 90)
HSL	hsl(25, 76%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 61.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.04, 25.68, 43.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.04, 50.64, 59.53°)
OKLab	oklab(74.26% 0.072 0.1023)
OKLCH	oklch(74.26% 0.125 54.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8748, 39.3931, 14.8585)
Luminance	0.3939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8955A #5AADE8

analogous

#E85A66 #E8955A #E8DC5A

triadic

#E8955A #5AE895 #955AE8

tetradic

#E8955A #66E85A #5AADE8 #DC5AE8

square

#E8955A #66E85A #5AADE8 #DC5AE8

split-complementary

#E8955A #5AE8DC #5A66E8

monochromatic

#AF5718 #E17224 #E8955A #EFB890 #F7DAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#E8955A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#E8955A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8955A

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8955A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8955A	1.00	2.37	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8955a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 54.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b48a',
    500: '#e8955a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8955a;
$custom-light: #f4b48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8955a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.93,
    "s": 75.532,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74259,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 54.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8955A

secondary

#B5D3E8

accent

#84D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8955A

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

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