#E8A187#E8A187

#E8A187 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.093 H 40.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A187
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 135)
HSL	hsl(16, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(16, 42%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 41.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.49, 23.26, 24.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.49, 33.52, 46.07°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% 0.07 0.0607)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.093 40.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.3989, 44.3984, 28.8322)
Luminance	0.4440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A187 #87CEE8

analogous

#E8879E #E8A187 #E8D187

triadic

#E8A187 #87E8A1 #A187E8

tetradic

#E8A187 #9EE887 #87CEE8 #D187E8

square

#E8A187 #9EE887 #87CEE8 #D187E8

split-complementary

#E8A187 #87E8D1 #879EE8

monochromatic

#CD5427 #DE7954 #E8A187 #F2C9BA #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E8A187 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#E8A187 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A187

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A187	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A187	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A985

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8969A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a187;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.093 40.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bdaa',
    500: '#e8a187',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a187;
$custom-light: #f2bdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a187",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 16.082,
    "s": 67.832,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77163,
    "c": 0.09258,
    "h": 40.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A187

secondary

#D9EBF2

accent

#9ED016

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A187

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

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