#E8A36A#E8A36A
#E8A36A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.110 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A36A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 163, 106) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 73%, 66%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 54%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 54.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.49, 19.44, 39.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.49, 44.11, 63.86°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.01% 0.0555 0.0949) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.01% 0.11 59.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9802, 44.3946, 19.6222) |
| Luminance | 0.4439 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.76
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.78
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.15
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.24
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.33
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.75
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A36A #6AAFE8
analogous
#E86A70 #E8A36A #E8E26A
triadic
#E8A36A #6AE8A3 #A36AE8
tetradic
#E8A36A #70E86A #6AAFE8 #E26AE8
square
#E8A36A #70E86A #6AAFE8 #E26AE8
split-complementary
#E8A36A #6AE8E2 #6A70E8
monochromatic
#BB641D #E08235 #E8A36A #F0C49F #F8E4D4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.13
#E8A36A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.88
#E8A36A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A36A
9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A36A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A36A | 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)
#B8A965
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B86B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9595
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a36a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 163, 106); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.110 59.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3be95',
500: '#e8a36a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a36a; $custom-light: #f3be95; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a36a",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 163,
"b": 106
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.143,
"s": 73.256,
"l": 66.275
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77007,
"c": 0.10996,
"h": 59.7
},
"luminance": 0.44391
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A36A
secondary
#C2D9EB
accent
#7CD510
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E