#E8A361#E8A361
#E8A361 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.116 H 63.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A361 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 163, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 75%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 58.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.37, 18.73, 44.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.37, 47.89, 66.98°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.88% 0.0522 0.104) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.88% 0.116 63.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.5365, 44.2171, 17.2854) |
| Luminance | 0.4421 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.60
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.48
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.62
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.44
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.83
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.53
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A361 #61A6E8
analogous
#E86163 #E8A361 #E8E661
triadic
#E8A361 #61E8A3 #A361E8
tetradic
#E8A361 #63E861 #61A6E8 #E661E8
square
#E8A361 #63E861 #61A6E8 #E661E8
split-complementary
#E8A361 #61E8E6 #6163E8
monochromatic
#B4661A #E0842C #E8A361 #F0C296 #F8E1CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E8A361 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.84
#E8A361 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A361
9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A361 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A361 | 1.00 | 2.13 | 9.84 | 9.84 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.13 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.84 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A85B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B862
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a361; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 163, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.116 63.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3be8f',
500: '#e8a361',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a361; $custom-light: #f3be8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a361",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 163,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.333,
"s": 74.586,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76877,
"c": 0.1164,
"h": 63.3
},
"luminance": 0.44213
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A361
secondary
#BBD3EA
accent
#75D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D