#E8A281#E8A281

#E8A281 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.095 H 46.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A281
RGB	rgb(232, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(19, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(19, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.2%, 44.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, 22.09, 27.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 35.32, 51.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.22% 0.066 0.0686)
OKLCH	oklch(77.22% 0.095 46.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1638, 44.5851, 26.7283)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A281 #81C7E8

analogous

#E88193 #E8A281 #E8D581

triadic

#E8A281 #81E8A2 #A281E8

tetradic

#E8A281 #93E881 #81C7E8 #D581E8

square

#E8A281 #93E881 #81C7E8 #D581E8

split-complementary

#E8A281 #81E8D5 #8193E8

monochromatic

#CA5A25 #DF7C4D #E8A281 #F1C8B5 #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E8A281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#E8A281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A281

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A281	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A97E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B881

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.095 46.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bda6',
    500: '#e8a281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a281;
$custom-light: #f2bda6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 19.223,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77223,
    "c": 0.09515,
    "h": 46.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A281

secondary

#D5E7F0

accent

#95D114

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF6F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A281

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

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