#E8A273#E8A273
#E8A273 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.104 H 54.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A273 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 162, 115) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 72%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 50%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 50.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.39, 20.74, 34.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.39, 40.47, 59.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.97% 0.0605 0.0846) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.97% 0.104 54.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.2962, 44.2380, 22.1588) |
| Luminance | 0.4423 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.57
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.75
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.05
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.32
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 6.75
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A273 #73B9E8
analogous
#E8737E #E8A273 #E8DD73
triadic
#E8A273 #73E8A2 #A273E8
tetradic
#E8A273 #7EE873 #73B9E8 #DD73E8
square
#E8A273 #7EE873 #73B9E8 #DD73E8
split-complementary
#E8A273 #73E8DD #737EE8
monochromatic
#C16020 #DF7F3E #E8A273 #F1C5A8 #F9E8DC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E8A273 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.85
#E8A273 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A273
9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A273 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A273 | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.85 | 9.85 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.85 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A86F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B873
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9596
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a273; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 115); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.104 54.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bd9c',
500: '#e8a273',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a273; $custom-light: #f2bd9c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a273",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 162,
"b": 115
},
"hsl": {
"h": 24.103,
"s": 71.779,
"l": 68.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76969,
"c": 0.104,
"h": 54.4
},
"luminance": 0.44234
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A273
secondary
#CADFED
accent
#86D412
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E