#E8A166#E8A166

#E8A166 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.113 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A166
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 102)
HSL	hsl(27, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(27, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 56%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, 20.18, 41.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 45.72, 63.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.58% 0.0572 0.0978)
OKLCH	oklch(76.58% 0.113 59.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4247, 43.6087, 18.4347)
Luminance	0.4360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A166 #66ADE8

analogous

#E8666C #E8A166 #E8E266

triadic

#E8A166 #66E8A1 #A166E8

tetradic

#E8A166 #6CE866 #66ADE8 #E266E8

square

#E8A166 #6CE866 #66ADE8 #E266E8

split-complementary

#E8A166 #66E8E2 #666CE8

monochromatic

#B8631C #E08031 #E8A166 #F0C29B #F8E2D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E8A166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#E8A166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A166

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A166	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)

#B7A761

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B767

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.113 59.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd93',
    500: '#e8a166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a166;
$custom-light: #f3bd93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.231,
    "s": 73.864,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76582,
    "c": 0.11327,
    "h": 59.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A166

secondary

#BFD7EB

accent

#7CD610

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A166

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

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