#E8A149#E8A149

#E8A149 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.133 H 69.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A149
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 73)
HSL	hsl(33, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(33, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 68.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, 18.26, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 57.81, 71.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.23% 0.0475 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(76.23% 0.133 69.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2295, 43.1306, 12.1396)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A149 #4990E8

analogous

#E85249 #E8A149 #DFE849

triadic

#E8A149 #49E8A1 #A149E8

tetradic

#E8A149 #49E852 #4990E8 #E849DF

square

#E8A149 #49E852 #4990E8 #E849DF

split-complementary

#E8A149 #49DFE8 #5249E8

monochromatic

#A26314 #D8841B #E8A149 #EFBD7F #F6D9B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E8A149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#E8A149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A149

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A149	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)

#B9A63F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.133 69.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bc80',
    500: '#e8a149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a149;
$custom-light: #f4bc80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.208,
    "s": 77.561,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76227,
    "c": 0.13283,
    "h": 69.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A149

secondary

#A8C3E5

accent

#8AF434

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A149

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

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