#E8A162#E8A162

#E8A162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.116 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A162
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(28, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, 19.87, 43.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 47.38, 65.20°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% 0.0558 0.1018)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.116 61.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.2311, 43.5313, 17.4151)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A162 #62A9E8

analogous

#E86266 #E8A162 #E8E462

triadic

#E8A162 #62E8A1 #A162E8

tetradic

#E8A162 #66E862 #62A9E8 #E462E8

square

#E8A162 #66E862 #62A9E8 #E462E8

split-complementary

#E8A162 #62E8E4 #6266E8

monochromatic

#B5631B #E0812D #E8A162 #F0C197 #F8E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E8A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#E8A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A162

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A162	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.116 61.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd90',
    500: '#e8a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a162;
$custom-light: #f3bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.209,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76524,
    "c": 0.11606,
    "h": 61.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A162

secondary

#BCD4EA

accent

#79D70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A162

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

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