#E8955E#E8955E

#E8955E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.395; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 53.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8955E
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 94)
HSL	hsl(24, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.09, 25.96, 41.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.09, 49.07, 58.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.32% 0.0734 0.0984)
OKLCH	oklch(74.32% 0.123 53.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.0497, 39.4630, 15.7794)
Luminance	0.3946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8955E #5EB1E8

analogous

#E85E6C #E8955E #E8DA5E

triadic

#E8955E #5EE895 #955EE8

tetradic

#E8955E #6CE85E #5EB1E8 #DA5EE8

square

#E8955E #6CE85E #5EB1E8 #DA5EE8

split-complementary

#E8955E #5EE8DA #5E6CE8

monochromatic

#B25619 #E07228 #E8955E #F0B894 #F7DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#E8955E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#E8955E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8955E

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8955E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8955E	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8588

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8955e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 53.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b48d',
    500: '#e8955e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8955e;
$custom-light: #f4b48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8955e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.913,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74315,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 53.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8955E

secondary

#B9D6E9

accent

#87D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8955E

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

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