#E8A155#E8A155
#E8A155 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.125 H 65.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A155 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 161, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 63.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.76, 18.96, 49.32) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.76, 52.84, 68.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.36% 0.0512 0.114) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.36% 0.125 65.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.6664, 43.3054, 14.4409) |
| Luminance | 0.4330 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.63
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.43
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.63
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.50
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.82
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.41
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A155 #559CE8
analogous
#E85755 #E8A155 #E6E855
triadic
#E8A155 #55E8A1 #A155E8
tetradic
#E8A155 #55E857 #559CE8 #E855E6
square
#E8A155 #55E857 #559CE8 #E855E6
split-complementary
#E8A155 #55E6E8 #5755E8
monochromatic
#AB6417 #E1831F #E8A155 #EFBF8B #F7DDC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#E8A155 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.66
#E8A155 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A155
9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A155 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A155 | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.66 | 9.66 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.66 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A64E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B656
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FC9190
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a155; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.125 65.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f4bc87',
500: '#e8a155',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a155; $custom-light: #f4bc87; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a155",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 161,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.02,
"s": 76.166,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76357,
"c": 0.12502,
"h": 65.8
},
"luminance": 0.43301
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A155
secondary
#B1CBE7
accent
#6FD80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120B
muted
#86817C