#E8A262#E8A262

#E8A262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.116 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A262
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 98)
HSL	hsl(29, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.15, 19.34, 43.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.15, 47.42, 65.93°)
OKLab	oklab(76.71% 0.0542 0.1024)
OKLCH	oklch(76.71% 0.116 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4066, 43.8822, 17.4735)
Luminance	0.4388 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A262 #62A8E8

analogous

#E86265 #E8A262 #E8E562

triadic

#E8A262 #62E8A2 #A262E8

tetradic

#E8A262 #65E862 #62A8E8 #E562E8

square

#E8A262 #65E862 #62A8E8 #E562E8

split-complementary

#E8A262 #62E8E5 #6265E8

monochromatic

#B5641B #E0822D #E8A262 #F0C297 #F8E1CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E8A262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#E8A262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A262

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A262	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A75C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B763

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.116 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bd90',
    500: '#e8a262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a262;
$custom-light: #f3bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.657,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76707,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A262

secondary

#BCD4EA

accent

#77D70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A262

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

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