#E8A260#E8A260
#E8A260 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.117 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A260 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 162, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 58.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.12, 19.19, 44.28) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.12, 48.26, 66.57°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.68% 0.0535 0.1044) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.68% 0.117 62.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.3133, 43.8449, 16.9824) |
| Luminance | 0.4384 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.47
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.43
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.72
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.12
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.92
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A260 #60A6E8
analogous
#E86062 #E8A260 #E8E660
triadic
#E8A260 #60E8A2 #A260E8
tetradic
#E8A260 #62E860 #60A6E8 #E660E8
square
#E8A260 #62E860 #60A6E8 #E660E8
split-complementary
#E8A260 #60E8E6 #6062E8
monochromatic
#B4651A #E0832B #E8A260 #F0C195 #F7E1CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#E8A260 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.77
#E8A260 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A260
9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A260 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A260 | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.77 | 9.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A75A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B761
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a260; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.117 62.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bd8f',
500: '#e8a260',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a260; $custom-light: #f3bd8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a260",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 162,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.118,
"s": 74.725,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7668,
"c": 0.11728,
"h": 62.9
},
"luminance": 0.43841
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A260
secondary
#BAD3E9
accent
#76D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D