#E8A043#E8A043

#E8A043 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 69.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A043
RGB	rgb(232, 160, 67)
HSL	hsl(34, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(34, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 71.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.36, 18.48, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.36, 60.14, 72.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% 0.0473 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.137 69.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.8660, 42.7067, 11.0841)
Luminance	0.4270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A043 #438BE8

analogous

#E84D43 #E8A043 #DEE843

triadic

#E8A043 #43E8A0 #A043E8

tetradic

#E8A043 #43E84D #438BE8 #E843DE

square

#E8A043 #43E84D #438BE8 #E843DE

split-complementary

#E8A043 #43DEE8 #4D43E8

monochromatic

#9D6113 #D4831A #E8A043 #EFBC7A #F5D7B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E8A043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#E8A043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A043

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A043	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8E8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 160, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 69.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc7c',
    500: '#e8a043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a043;
$custom-light: #f4bc7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.818,
    "s": 78.199,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75986,
    "c": 0.1365,
    "h": 69.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A043

secondary

#A3BFE4

accent

#88F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A043

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

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