#E8A279#E8A279

#E8A279 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.100 H 51.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A279
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(22, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(22, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.48, 21.30, 31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.48, 38.18, 56.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0628 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.1 51.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.6527, 44.3806, 24.0366)
Luminance	0.4438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A279 #79BFE8

analogous

#E87988 #E8A279 #E8DA79

triadic

#E8A279 #79E8A2 #A279E8

tetradic

#E8A279 #88E879 #79BFE8 #DA79E8

square

#E8A279 #88E879 #79BFE8 #DA79E8

split-complementary

#E8A279 #79E8DA #7988E8

monochromatic

#C55E22 #DF7E45 #E8A279 #F1C6AD #FAEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E8A279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#E8A279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A279

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A279	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A976

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B879

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99597

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.100 51.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bda0',
    500: '#e8a279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a279;
$custom-light: #f2bda0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 22.162,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77074,
    "c": 0.10005,
    "h": 51.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A279

secondary

#CEE3EF

accent

#8CD313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A279

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

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