#E8A185#E8A185

#E8A185 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.094 H 42.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A185
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 133)
HSL	hsl(17, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(17, 43%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 42.7%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, 23.04, 25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 34.13, 47.54°)
OKLab	oklab(77.12% 0.0692 0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(77.12% 0.094 42.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2595, 44.3426, 28.0976)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A185 #85CCE8

analogous

#E8859B #E8A185 #E8D385

triadic

#E8A185 #85E8A1 #A185E8

tetradic

#E8A185 #9BE885 #85CCE8 #D385E8

square

#E8A185 #9BE885 #85CCE8 #D385E8

split-complementary

#E8A185 #85E8D3 #859BE8

monochromatic

#CC5526 #DE7952 #E8A185 #F2C9B8 #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E8A185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#E8A185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A185

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A185	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A983

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B885

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.094 42.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bda8',
    500: '#e8a185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a185;
$custom-light: #f2bda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.97,
    "s": 68.276,
    "l": 71.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77122,
    "c": 0.0936,
    "h": 42.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A185

secondary

#D8EAF1

accent

#9BD015

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A185

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

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