#E8966E#E8966E
#E8966E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.401; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.113 H 46.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8966E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 150, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(20, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(20, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 35.3%, 52.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(69.54, 26.69, 33.77) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(69.54, 43.04, 51.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(74.74% 0.0778 0.082) |
| OKLCH | oklch(74.74% 0.113 46.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.0024, 40.0983, 20.0131) |
| Luminance | 0.4009 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 3.87
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 4.63
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 5.21
Orangeish
#FD8D49
ΔE00 6.82
Dark Peach
#DE7E5D
ΔE00 6.84
Orangish
#FC824A
ΔE00 6.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8966E #6EC0E8
analogous
#E86E83 #E8966E #E8D36E
triadic
#E8966E #6EE896 #966EE8
tetradic
#E8966E #83E86E #6EC0E8 #D36EE8
square
#E8966E #83E86E #6EC0E8 #D36EE8
split-complementary
#E8966E #6EE8D3 #6E83E8
monochromatic
#BE521E #E07039 #E8966E #F0BCA3 #F9E3D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.33
#E8966E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.02
#E8966E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8966E
9.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8966E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8966E | 1.00 | 2.33 | 9.02 | 9.02 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.33 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.02 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#AC9F6B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#BFB16E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB878C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8966e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 150, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.113 46.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3b598',
500: '#e8966e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8966e; $custom-light: #f3b598; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8966e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 150,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 19.672,
"s": 72.619,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.74739,
"c": 0.11307,
"h": 46.5
},
"luminance": 0.40094
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8966E
secondary
#C6E0EC
accent
#94D511
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17110D
muted
#85807E