#E8997B#E8997B

#E8997B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.414; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.104 H 41.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8997B
RGB	rgb(232, 153, 123)
HSL	hsl(17, 70%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(17, 47%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 34.1%, 47%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.44, 26.29, 27.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.44, 38.34, 46.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% 0.0781 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.104 41.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2476, 41.3722, 24.1796)
Luminance	0.4137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8997B #7BCAE8

analogous

#E87B93 #E8997B #E8D07B

triadic

#E8997B #7BE899 #997BE8

tetradic

#E8997B #93E87B #7BCAE8 #D07BE8

square

#E8997B #93E87B #7BCAE8 #D07BE8

split-complementary

#E8997B #7BE8D0 #7B93E8

monochromatic

#C65023 #DF7147 #E8997B #F1C1AF #FAEAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.26

#E8997B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.27

#E8997B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8997B

9.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8997B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8997B	1.00	2.26	9.27	9.27
#FFFFFF	2.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA279

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C0B37A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8997b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 153, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.104 41.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2b7a1',
    500: '#e8997b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8997b;
$custom-light: #f2b7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8997b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.514,
    "s": 70.323,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75501,
    "c": 0.1043,
    "h": 41.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8997B

secondary

#D0E6EF

accent

#9ED213

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17110F

muted

#85807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8997B

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

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