#E8955C#E8955C

#E8955C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.124 H 54.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8955C
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 92)
HSL	hsl(24, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 60%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 60.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, 25.82, 42.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 49.85, 58.81°)
OKLab	oklab(74.29% 0.0727 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(74.29% 0.124 54.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.9611, 39.4276, 15.3128)
Luminance	0.3942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8955C #5CAFE8

analogous

#E85C69 #E8955C #E8DB5C

triadic

#E8955C #5CE895 #955CE8

tetradic

#E8955C #69E85C #5CAFE8 #DB5CE8

square

#E8955C #69E85C #5CAFE8 #DB5CE8

split-complementary

#E8955C #5CE8DB #5C69E8

monochromatic

#B15719 #E07226 #E8955C #F0B892 #F7DBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#E8955C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.88

#E8955C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8955C

8.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8955C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8955C	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)

#AD9D57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8487

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8955c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.124 54.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b48b',
    500: '#e8955c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8955c;
$custom-light: #f4b48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8955c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.429,
    "s": 75.269,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74287,
    "c": 0.12395,
    "h": 54.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8955C

secondary

#B7D5E9

accent

#85D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8955C

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

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