#E8A278#E8A278

#E8A278 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.101 H 51.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A278
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 120)
HSL	hsl(23, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(23, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 48.3%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, 21.21, 32.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 38.55, 56.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% 0.0624 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.101 51.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.5917, 44.3562, 23.7153)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A278 #78BEE8

analogous

#E87886 #E8A278 #E8DA78

triadic

#E8A278 #78E8A2 #A278E8

tetradic

#E8A278 #86E878 #78BEE8 #DA78E8

square

#E8A278 #86E878 #78BEE8 #DA78E8

split-complementary

#E8A278 #78E8DA #7886E8

monochromatic

#C45E21 #DF7E44 #E8A278 #F1C6AC #FAEAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E8A278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#E8A278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A278

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A278	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A975

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B878

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.101 51.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd9f',
    500: '#e8a278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a278;
$custom-light: #f2bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.5,
    "s": 70.886,
    "l": 69.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77056,
    "c": 0.10069,
    "h": 51.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A278

secondary

#CDE2EE

accent

#8BD313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A278

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

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