#E8A040#E8A040

#E8A040 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.138 H 70.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A040
RGB	rgb(232, 160, 64)
HSL	hsl(34, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(34, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 72.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.33, 18.34, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.33, 61.31, 72.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% 0.0465 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.138 70.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7783, 42.6717, 10.6223)
Luminance	0.4267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A040 #4088E8

analogous

#E84C40 #E8A040 #DCE840

triadic

#E8A040 #40E8A0 #A040E8

tetradic

#E8A040 #40E84C #4088E8 #E840DC

square

#E8A040 #40E84C #4088E8 #E840DC

split-complementary

#E8A040 #40DCE8 #4C40E8

monochromatic

#9B6113 #D28319 #E8A040 #EFBB77 #F5D6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E8A040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.53

#E8A040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A040

9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A040	1.00	2.20	9.53	9.53
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 160, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.138 70.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bc7a',
    500: '#e8a040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a040;
$custom-light: #f5bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.286,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7596,
    "c": 0.13823,
    "h": 70.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A040

secondary

#A0BDE3

accent

#86F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A040

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

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