#E8A165#E8A165

#E8A165 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.114 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A165
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 101)
HSL	hsl(27, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, 20.10, 41.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 46.13, 64.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% 0.0568 0.0988)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.114 60.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3754, 43.5890, 18.1751)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A165 #65ACE8

analogous

#E8656A #E8A165 #E8E265

triadic

#E8A165 #65E8A1 #A165E8

tetradic

#E8A165 #6AE865 #65ACE8 #E265E8

square

#E8A165 #6AE865 #65ACE8 #E265E8

split-complementary

#E8A165 #65E8E2 #656AE8

monochromatic

#B7631B #E08030 #E8A165 #F0C29A #F8E2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E8A165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#E8A165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A165

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A165	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A760

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B766

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.114 60.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd92',
    500: '#e8a165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a165;
$custom-light: #f3bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.481,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76567,
    "c": 0.11397,
    "h": 60.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A165

secondary

#BED6EA

accent

#7BD60F

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A165

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

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