#E8955B#E8955B

#E8955B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.125 H 54.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8955B
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 91)
HSL	hsl(25, 75%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(25, 61%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 60.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.05, 25.75, 43.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.05, 50.24, 59.18°)
OKLab	oklab(74.27% 0.0724 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(74.27% 0.125 54.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.9177, 39.4102, 15.0841)
Luminance	0.3941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8955B #5BAEE8

analogous

#E85B67 #E8955B #E8DB5B

triadic

#E8955B #5BE895 #955BE8

tetradic

#E8955B #67E85B #5BAEE8 #DB5BE8

square

#E8955B #67E85B #5BAEE8 #DB5BE8

split-complementary

#E8955B #5BE8DB #5B67E8

monochromatic

#B05719 #E07225 #E8955B #F0B891 #F7DAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#E8955B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#E8955B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8955B

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8955B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8955B	1.00	2.36	8.88	8.88
#FFFFFF	2.36	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)

#AD9D56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8955b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.125 54.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b48b',
    500: '#e8955b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8955b;
$custom-light: #f4b48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8955b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.681,
    "s": 75.401,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74273,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 54.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.39406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8955B

secondary

#B6D4E9

accent

#85D80E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8955B

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

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