#E8956E#E8956E

#E8956E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.114 H 45.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8956E
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 110)
HSL	hsl(19, 73%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 53%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 52.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 27.22, 33.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 43.15, 50.89°)
OKLab	oklab(74.56% 0.0794 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(74.56% 0.114 45.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8435, 39.7805, 19.9602)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8956E #6EC1E8

analogous

#E86E84 #E8956E #E8D26E

triadic

#E8956E #6EE895 #956EE8

tetradic

#E8956E #84E86E #6EC1E8 #D26EE8

square

#E8956E #84E86E #6EC1E8 #D26EE8

split-complementary

#E8956E #6EE8D2 #6E84E8

monochromatic

#BE511E #E06E39 #E8956E #F0BCA3 #F9E2D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#E8956E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#E8956E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8956E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8956E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8956E	1.00	2.35	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9E6B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8956e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.114 45.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b498',
    500: '#e8956e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8956e;
$custom-light: #f3b498;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8956e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.18,
    "s": 72.619,
    "l": 67.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74564,
    "c": 0.11371,
    "h": 45.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8956E

secondary

#C6E0EC

accent

#96D511

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110D

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8956E

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

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