#E8A16F#E8A16F
#E8A16F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.107 H 55.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A16F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 161, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(25, 72%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(25, 52%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 52.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.09, 20.92, 36.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.09, 42.06, 60.17°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.72% 0.0606 0.0883) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.72% 0.107 55.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.8955, 43.7970, 20.9143) |
| Luminance | 0.4379 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.09
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.71
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.40
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.96
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.42
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A16F #6FB6E8
analogous
#E86F7A #E8A16F #E8DD6F
triadic
#E8A16F #6FE8A1 #A16FE8
tetradic
#E8A16F #7AE86F #6FB6E8 #DD6FE8
square
#E8A16F #7AE86F #6FB6E8 #DD6FE8
split-complementary
#E8A16F #6FE8DD #6F7AE8
monochromatic
#BE601E #E07F3A #E8A16F #F0C3A4 #F9E6D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#E8A16F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.76
#E8A16F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A16F
9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A16F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A16F | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.76 | 9.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A76B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B76F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9395
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a16f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.107 55.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bd99',
500: '#e8a16f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a16f; $custom-light: #f2bd99; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a16f",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 161,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.793,
"s": 72.455,
"l": 67.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76721,
"c": 0.10708,
"h": 55.5
},
"luminance": 0.43793
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A16F
secondary
#C6DDEC
accent
#84D511
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E