#E8956D#E8956D

#E8956D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.114 H 46.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8956D
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 109)
HSL	hsl(20, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(20, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 53%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.30, 27.13, 33.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.30, 43.50, 51.40°)
OKLab	oklab(74.55% 0.079 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(74.55% 0.114 46.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.7894, 39.7589, 19.6750)
Luminance	0.3976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8956D #6DC0E8

analogous

#E86D83 #E8956D #E8D26D

triadic

#E8956D #6DE895 #956DE8

tetradic

#E8956D #83E86D #6DC0E8 #D26DE8

square

#E8956D #83E86D #6DC0E8 #D26DE8

split-complementary

#E8956D #6DE8D2 #6D83E8

monochromatic

#BD511E #E06F38 #E8956D #F0BBA2 #F9E2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#E8956D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.95

#E8956D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8956D

8.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8956D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8956D	1.00	2.35	8.95	8.95
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9E6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8956d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.114 46.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b497',
    500: '#e8956d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8956d;
$custom-light: #f3b497;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8956d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.512,
    "s": 72.781,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74547,
    "c": 0.11425,
    "h": 46.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8956D

secondary

#C5DFEC

accent

#95D511

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8956D

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

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