#E8994F#E8994F

#E8994F is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.130 H 61.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8994F
RGB	rgb(232, 153, 79)
HSL	hsl(29, 77%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(29, 66%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 65.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.83, 22.85, 50.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.83, 55.01, 65.46°)
OKLab	oklab(74.83% 0.0619 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(74.83% 0.13 61.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0845, 40.5069, 12.7872)
Luminance	0.4050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8994F #4F9EE8

analogous

#E84F51 #E8994F #E8E64F

triadic

#E8994F #4FE899 #994FE8

tetradic

#E8994F #51E84F #4F9EE8 #E64FE8

square

#E8994F #51E84F #4F9EE8 #E64FE8

split-complementary

#E8994F #4FE8E6 #4F51E8

monochromatic

#A75C16 #DD7A1D #E8994F #EFB885 #F6D8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#E8994F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.10

#E8994F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8994F

9.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8994F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8994F	1.00	2.31	9.10	9.10
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8994f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 153, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.130 61.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4b783',
    500: '#e8994f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8994f;
$custom-light: #f4b783;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8994f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.02,
    "s": 76.884,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74835,
    "c": 0.13038,
    "h": 61.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.40503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8994F

secondary

#ADCAE6

accent

#76D90C

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8994F

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

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