#E8A181#E8A181

#E8A181 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.096 H 45.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A181
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 129)
HSL	hsl(19, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(19, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 44.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.38, 22.63, 27.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.38, 35.42, 50.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0676 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.096 45.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.9884, 44.2342, 26.6698)
Luminance	0.4423 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A181 #81C8E8

analogous

#E88194 #E8A181 #E8D581

triadic

#E8A181 #81E8A1 #A181E8

tetradic

#E8A181 #94E881 #81C8E8 #D581E8

square

#E8A181 #94E881 #81C8E8 #D581E8

split-complementary

#E8A181 #81E8D5 #8194E8

monochromatic

#CA5825 #DF7A4D #E8A181 #F1C8B5 #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E8A181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#E8A181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A181

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A181	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A97F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B781

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99599

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.096 45.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bda6',
    500: '#e8a181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a181;
$custom-light: #f2bda6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 18.641,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77042,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 45.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A181

secondary

#D5E8F0

accent

#96D114

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A181

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

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