#E8A161#E8A161

#E8A161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.117 H 61.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A161
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 97)
HSL	hsl(28, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.90, 19.80, 43.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.90, 47.80, 65.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.51% 0.0554 0.1028)
OKLCH	oklch(76.51% 0.117 61.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1842, 43.5125, 17.1679)
Luminance	0.4351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A161 #61A8E8

analogous

#E86165 #E8A161 #E8E461

triadic

#E8A161 #61E8A1 #A161E8

tetradic

#E8A161 #65E861 #61A8E8 #E461E8

square

#E8A161 #65E861 #61A8E8 #E461E8

split-complementary

#E8A161 #61E8E4 #6165E8

monochromatic

#B4631A #E0812C #E8A161 #F0C196 #F8E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E8A161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#E8A161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A161

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A161	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B762

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.117 61.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd8f',
    500: '#e8a161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a161;
$custom-light: #f3bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.444,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7651,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 61.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A161

secondary

#BBD4EA

accent

#78D70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A161

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

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