#E8A189#E8A189

#E8A189 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.092 H 39.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A189
RGB	rgb(232, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(15, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(15, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.6%, 40.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, 23.48, 23.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 32.94, 44.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% 0.0707 0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.092 39.5)
XYZ	xyz(50.5411, 44.4552, 29.5808)
Luminance	0.4445 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A189 #89D0E8

analogous

#E889A0 #E8A189 #E8D189

triadic

#E8A189 #89E8A1 #A189E8

tetradic

#E8A189 #A0E889 #89D0E8 #D189E8

square

#E8A189 #A0E889 #89D0E8 #D189E8

split-complementary

#E8A189 #89E8D1 #89A0E8

monochromatic

#CE5228 #DE7856 #E8A189 #F2CABC #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E8A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#E8A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A189

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A189	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A987

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8969B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.092 39.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bdab',
    500: '#e8a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a189;
$custom-light: #f1bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 15.158,
    "s": 67.376,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77204,
    "c": 0.09162,
    "h": 39.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A189

secondary

#D9EBF2

accent

#A1CF16

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A189

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

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