#E8A268#E8A268
#E8A268 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.112 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A268 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 162, 104) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 74%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 55%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 55.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.23, 19.81, 40.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.23, 44.92, 63.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.79% 0.0564 0.0964) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.79% 0.112 59.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.7006, 43.9998, 19.0219) |
| Luminance | 0.4400 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.61
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.85
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.94
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.20
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.32
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.54
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A268 #68AEE8
analogous
#E8686E #E8A268 #E8E268
triadic
#E8A268 #68E8A2 #A268E8
tetradic
#E8A268 #6EE868 #68AEE8 #E268E8
square
#E8A268 #6EE868 #68AEE8 #E268E8
split-complementary
#E8A268 #68E8E2 #686EE8
monochromatic
#B9631C #E08133 #E8A268 #F0C39D #F8E3D2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.14
#E8A268 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.80
#E8A268 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A268
9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A268 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A268 | 1.00 | 2.14 | 9.80 | 9.80 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.14 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.80 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A863
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B769
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9394
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a268; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 104); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.112 59.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bd94',
500: '#e8a268',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a268; $custom-light: #f3bd94; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a268",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 162,
"b": 104
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.187,
"s": 73.563,
"l": 65.882
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76794,
"c": 0.11162,
"h": 59.7
},
"luminance": 0.43996
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A268
secondary
#C1D8EB
accent
#7CD610
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E