#E8A25E#E8A25E
#E8A25E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.119 H 63.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A25E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 162, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 59.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.10, 19.04, 45.26) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.10, 49.10, 67.18°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.65% 0.0527 0.1063) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.65% 0.119 63.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.2224, 43.8085, 16.5036) |
| Luminance | 0.4380 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.65
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.36
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.80
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.27
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.59
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A25E #5EA4E8
analogous
#E85E5F #E8A25E #E8E75E
triadic
#E8A25E #5EE8A2 #A25EE8
tetradic
#E8A25E #5FE85E #5EA4E8 #E75EE8
square
#E8A25E #5FE85E #5EA4E8 #E75EE8
split-complementary
#E8A25E #5EE8E7 #5E5FE8
monochromatic
#B26519 #E08328 #E8A25E #F0C194 #F7E0C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#E8A25E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.76
#E8A25E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A25E
9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A25E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A25E | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.76 | 9.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A758
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B75F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9292
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a25e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.119 63.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bd8d',
500: '#e8a25e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a25e; $custom-light: #f3bd8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a25e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 162,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.565,
"s": 75,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76653,
"c": 0.11868,
"h": 63.6
},
"luminance": 0.43805
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A25E
secondary
#B9D1E9
accent
#74D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D