#E8A241#E8A241

#E8A241 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.138 H 71.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A241
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 65)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(35, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 72%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 17.32, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 61.07, 73.53°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0436 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.138 71.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.1565, 43.3821, 10.8900)
Luminance	0.4338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A241 #4187E8

analogous

#E84E41 #E8A241 #DBE841

triadic

#E8A241 #41E8A2 #A241E8

tetradic

#E8A241 #41E84E #4187E8 #E841DB

square

#E8A241 #41E84E #4187E8 #E841DB

split-complementary

#E8A241 #41DBE8 #4E41E8

monochromatic

#9C6213 #D28519 #E8A241 #EFBD78 #F5D7AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E8A241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#E8A241 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A241

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A241	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA635

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.138 71.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd7b',
    500: '#e8a241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a241;
$custom-light: #f4bd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.85,
    "s": 78.404,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76338,
    "c": 0.13761,
    "h": 71.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A241

secondary

#A1BDE4

accent

#84F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A241

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

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