#E8A151#E8A151
#E8A151 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.128 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A151 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 161, 81) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 77%, 61%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 65%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 65.1%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.72, 18.71, 51.20) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.72, 54.51, 69.92°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.31% 0.0499 0.1175) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.31% 0.128 67) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.5120, 43.2436, 13.6275) |
| Luminance | 0.4324 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.27
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.27
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.70
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.89
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.92
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.93
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A151 #5198E8
analogous
#E85651 #E8A151 #E4E851
triadic
#E8A151 #51E8A1 #A151E8
tetradic
#E8A151 #51E856 #5198E8 #E851E4
square
#E8A151 #51E856 #5198E8 #E851E4
split-complementary
#E8A151 #51E4E8 #5651E8
monochromatic
#A86416 #DE841D #E8A151 #EFBE87 #F6DBBD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E8A151 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.65
#E8A151 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A151
9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A151 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A151 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.65 | 9.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A649
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B653
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC908F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a151; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 81); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.128 67.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bc85',
500: '#e8a151',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a151; $custom-light: #f4bc85; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a151",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 161,
"b": 81
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.788,
"s": 76.65,
"l": 61.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76311,
"c": 0.12769,
"h": 67
},
"luminance": 0.4324
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A151
secondary
#AEC9E7
accent
#6DD90D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6EF
border
#D7D0CA
text
#18120B
muted
#86817C