#E8A140#E8A140

#E8A140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.138 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A140
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 64)
HSL	hsl(35, 79%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 72.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.57, 17.80, 58.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.57, 61.38, 73.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.14% 0.0449 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(76.14% 0.138 71)
XYZ	xyz(46.9524, 43.0198, 10.6803)
Luminance	0.4302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A140 #4087E8

analogous

#E84D40 #E8A140 #DBE840

triadic

#E8A140 #40E8A1 #A140E8

tetradic

#E8A140 #40E84D #4087E8 #E840DB

square

#E8A140 #40E84D #4087E8 #E840DB

split-complementary

#E8A140 #40DBE8 #4D40E8

monochromatic

#9B6113 #D28419 #E8A140 #EFBC77 #F5D7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#E8A140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.60

#E8A140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A140

9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A140	1.00	2.19	9.60	9.60
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC8F8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.138 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f5bc7a',
    500: '#e8a140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a140;
$custom-light: #f5bc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.643,
    "s": 78.505,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76144,
    "c": 0.13819,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.43016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A140

secondary

#A0BDE3

accent

#85F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A140

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

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