#E8A174#E8A174

#E8A174 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.104 H 53.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A174
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 116)
HSL	hsl(23, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(23, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 50%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, 21.37, 33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 40.11, 57.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% 0.0625 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.104 53)
XYZ	xyz(49.1786, 43.9102, 22.4050)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A174 #74BBE8

analogous

#E87481 #E8A174 #E8DB74

triadic

#E8A174 #74E8A1 #A174E8

tetradic

#E8A174 #81E874 #74BBE8 #DB74E8

square

#E8A174 #81E874 #74BBE8 #DB74E8

split-complementary

#E8A174 #74E8DB #7481E8

monochromatic

#C25F20 #DF7D3F #E8A174 #F1C5A9 #F9E8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E8A174 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#E8A174 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A174

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A174	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A174	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a174;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.104 53.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd9c',
    500: '#e8a174',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a174;
$custom-light: #f2bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a174",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.276,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76804,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 53
  },
  "luminance": 0.43906
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A174

secondary

#CAE0ED

accent

#88D412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A174

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

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