#E8A274#E8A274

#E8A274 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.103 H 53.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A274
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 116)
HSL	hsl(24, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(24, 50%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 50%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 20.84, 34.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 40.08, 58.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% 0.0609 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.103 53.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.3540, 44.2611, 22.4635)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A274 #74BAE8

analogous

#E87480 #E8A274 #E8DC74

triadic

#E8A274 #74E8A2 #A274E8

tetradic

#E8A274 #80E874 #74BAE8 #DC74E8

square

#E8A274 #80E874 #74BAE8 #DC74E8

split-complementary

#E8A274 #74E8DC #7480E8

monochromatic

#C26020 #DF7F3F #E8A274 #F1C5A9 #F9E8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E8A274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#E8A274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A274

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A274	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)

#B6A870

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B874

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.103 53.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd9c',
    500: '#e8a274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a274;
$custom-light: #f2bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.793,
    "s": 71.605,
    "l": 68.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76986,
    "c": 0.10333,
    "h": 53.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A274

secondary

#CAE0ED

accent

#87D412

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A274

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

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