#E8A179#E8A179

#E8A179 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.101 H 50.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A179
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(22, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.25, 21.84, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.25, 38.23, 55.17°)
OKLab	oklab(76.89% 0.0644 0.0772)
OKLCH	oklch(76.89% 0.101 50.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.4773, 44.0297, 23.9781)
Luminance	0.4403 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A179 #79C0E8

analogous

#E87989 #E8A179 #E8D979

triadic

#E8A179 #79E8A1 #A179E8

tetradic

#E8A179 #89E879 #79C0E8 #D979E8

square

#E8A179 #89E879 #79C0E8 #D979E8

split-complementary

#E8A179 #79E8D9 #7989E8

monochromatic

#C55D22 #DF7C45 #E8A179 #F1C6AD #FAEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E8A179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.81

#E8A179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A179

9.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A179	1.00	2.14	9.81	9.81
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B779

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.101 50.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bda0',
    500: '#e8a179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a179;
$custom-light: #f2bda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 21.622,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76892,
    "c": 0.10052,
    "h": 50.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A179

secondary

#CEE3EF

accent

#8ED313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A179

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

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