#E8A079#E8A079

#E8A079 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.101 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A079
RGB	rgb(232, 160, 121)
HSL	hsl(21, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(21, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 31%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 22.37, 31.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 38.29, 54.25°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% 0.066 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.101 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.3032, 43.6816, 23.9201)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A079 #79C1E8

analogous

#E8798A #E8A079 #E8D879

triadic

#E8A079 #79E8A0 #A079E8

tetradic

#E8A079 #8AE879 #79C1E8 #D879E8

square

#E8A079 #8AE879 #79C1E8 #D879E8

split-complementary

#E8A079 #79E8D8 #798AE8

monochromatic

#C55B22 #DF7B45 #E8A079 #F1C5AD #FAEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E8A079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#E8A079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A079

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A079	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A776

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9396

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 160, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.101 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bca0',
    500: '#e8a079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a079;
$custom-light: #f2bca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.081,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76712,
    "c": 0.10102,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43678
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A079

secondary

#CEE3EF

accent

#8FD313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A079

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

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