#E8A061#E8A061
#E8A061 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.117 H 60.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A061 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 160, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 75%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 31%, 58.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.67, 20.33, 43.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.67, 47.76, 64.81°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.33% 0.057 0.1022) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.33% 0.117 60.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0101, 43.1644, 17.1099) |
| Luminance | 0.4316 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.27
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.37
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.66
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.97
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.10
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.32
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A061 #61A9E8
analogous
#E86166 #E8A061 #E8E461
triadic
#E8A061 #61E8A0 #A061E8
tetradic
#E8A061 #66E861 #61A9E8 #E461E8
square
#E8A061 #66E861 #61A9E8 #E461E8
split-complementary
#E8A061 #61E8E4 #6166E8
monochromatic
#B4621A #E0802C #E8A061 #F0C096 #F8E0CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E8A061 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.63
#E8A061 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A061
9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A061 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A061 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.63 | 9.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A65B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B662
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9191
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a061; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 160, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.117 60.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bc8f',
500: '#e8a061',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a061; $custom-light: #f3bc8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a061",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 160,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28,
"s": 74.586,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76328,
"c": 0.11698,
"h": 60.8
},
"luminance": 0.4316
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A061
secondary
#BBD4EA
accent
#79D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D