#E8A049#E8A049

#E8A049 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.133 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A049
RGB	rgb(232, 160, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 18.79, 54.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 57.74, 71.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% 0.049 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.133 68.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.0554, 42.7825, 12.0816)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A049 #4991E8

analogous

#E85049 #E8A049 #E1E849

triadic

#E8A049 #49E8A0 #A049E8

tetradic

#E8A049 #49E850 #4991E8 #E849E1

square

#E8A049 #49E850 #4991E8 #E849E1

split-complementary

#E8A049 #49E1E8 #5049E8

monochromatic

#A26214 #D8831B #E8A049 #EFBC7F #F6D9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E8A049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#E8A049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A049

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A049	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 160, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.133 68.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc7f',
    500: '#e8a049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a049;
$custom-light: #f4bc7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.83,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76043,
    "c": 0.1329,
    "h": 68.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A049

secondary

#A8C4E5

accent

#8BF434

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A049

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

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