#E8965E#E8965E

#E8965E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.122 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8965E
RGB	rgb(232, 150, 94)
HSL	hsl(24, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(24, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.31, 25.43, 41.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.31, 49.03, 58.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.49% 0.0719 0.099)
OKLCH	oklch(74.49% 0.122 54)
XYZ	xyz(46.2086, 39.7808, 15.8323)
Luminance	0.3978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8965E #5EB0E8

analogous

#E85E6B #E8965E #E8DB5E

triadic

#E8965E #5EE896 #965EE8

tetradic

#E8965E #6BE85E #5EB0E8 #DB5EE8

square

#E8965E #6BE85E #5EB0E8 #DB5EE8

split-complementary

#E8965E #5EE8DB #5E6BE8

monochromatic

#B25719 #E07328 #E8965E #F0B994 #F7DCC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#E8965E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#E8965E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8965E

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8965E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8965E	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)

#AE9E59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C1B05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8689

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8965e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 150, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.122 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b58d',
    500: '#e8965e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8965e;
$custom-light: #f4b58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8965e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.348,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74491,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.39777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8965E

secondary

#B9D5E9

accent

#86D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18110C

muted

#86807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8965E

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

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