#E8A178#E8A178

#E8A178 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 50.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A178
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(22, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 48.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.23, 21.74, 31.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.23, 38.60, 55.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% 0.064 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.101 50.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4163, 44.0053, 23.6568)
Luminance	0.4400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A178 #78BFE8

analogous

#E87887 #E8A178 #E8D978

triadic

#E8A178 #78E8A1 #A178E8

tetradic

#E8A178 #87E878 #78BFE8 #D978E8

square

#E8A178 #87E878 #78BFE8 #D978E8

split-complementary

#E8A178 #78E8D9 #7887E8

monochromatic

#C45D21 #DF7D44 #E8A178 #F1C5AC #FAEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E8A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#E8A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A178

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A178	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B778

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 50.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd9f',
    500: '#e8a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a178;
$custom-light: #f2bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.964,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76874,
    "c": 0.10115,
    "h": 50.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A178

secondary

#CDE2EE

accent

#8DD313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A178

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

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