#E8A15E#E8A15E
#E8A15E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.119 H 62.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A15E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 161, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 59.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.86, 19.58, 44.98) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.86, 49.06, 66.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.47% 0.0543 0.1057) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.47% 0.119 62.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0470, 43.4576, 16.4451) |
| Luminance | 0.4345 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.45
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.37
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.87
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.88
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.86
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.69
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A15E #5EA5E8
analogous
#E85E60 #E8A15E #E8E65E
triadic
#E8A15E #5EE8A1 #A15EE8
tetradic
#E8A15E #60E85E #5EA5E8 #E65EE8
square
#E8A15E #60E85E #5EA5E8 #E65EE8
split-complementary
#E8A15E #5EE8E6 #5E60E8
monochromatic
#B26419 #E08228 #E8A15E #F0C094 #F7E0C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#E8A15E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#E8A15E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A15E
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A15E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A15E | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.69 | 9.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A658
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B75F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9191
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a15e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.119 62.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bd8d',
500: '#e8a15e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a15e; $custom-light: #f3bd8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a15e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 161,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.13,
"s": 75,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7647,
"c": 0.11884,
"h": 62.8
},
"luminance": 0.43454
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A15E
secondary
#B9D2E9
accent
#76D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D