#E8956F#E8956F

#E8956F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.113 H 45.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8956F
RGB	rgb(232, 149, 111)
HSL	hsl(19, 72%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(19, 52%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.8%, 52.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.33, 27.31, 32.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.33, 42.80, 50.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.58% 0.0798 0.0803)
OKLCH	oklch(74.58% 0.113 45.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.8982, 39.8024, 20.2485)
Luminance	0.3980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8956F #6FC2E8

analogous

#E86F86 #E8956F #E8D26F

triadic

#E8956F #6FE895 #956FE8

tetradic

#E8956F #86E86F #6FC2E8 #D26FE8

square

#E8956F #86E86F #6FC2E8 #D26FE8

split-complementary

#E8956F #6FE8D2 #6F86E8

monochromatic

#BE511E #E06E3A #E8956F #F0BCA4 #F9E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E8956F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#E8956F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8956F

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8956F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8956F	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	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)

#AB9F6C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFB06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB868B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8956f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 149, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.113 45.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b499',
    500: '#e8956f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8956f;
$custom-light: #f3b499;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8956f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.843,
    "s": 72.455,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74581,
    "c": 0.11318,
    "h": 45.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.39798
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8956F

secondary

#C6E0EC

accent

#97D511

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110E

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8956F

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

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