#E8A243#E8A243

#E8A243 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.136 H 71.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A243
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 67)
HSL	hsl(35, 78%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 71%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 71.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 17.42, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 60.29, 73.21°)
OKLab	oklab(76.35% 0.0442 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(76.35% 0.136 71.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2155, 43.4057, 11.2006)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A243 #4389E8

analogous

#E84F43 #E8A243 #DCE843

triadic

#E8A243 #43E8A2 #A243E8

tetradic

#E8A243 #43E84F #4389E8 #E843DC

square

#E8A243 #43E84F #4389E8 #E843DC

split-complementary

#E8A243 #43DCE8 #4F43E8

monochromatic

#9D6313 #D4851A #E8A243 #EFBD7A #F5D8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E8A243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#E8A243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A243

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A243	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)

#BAA637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC918E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.136 71.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4bd7c',
    500: '#e8a243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a243;
$custom-light: #f4bd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.545,
    "s": 78.199,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76355,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 71.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A243

secondary

#A3BEE4

accent

#85F533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A243

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

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