#E8A36E#E8A36E
#E8A36E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.107 H 57.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A36E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 163, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(26, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(26, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 52.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.55, 19.77, 37.59) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.55, 42.47, 62.25°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.07% 0.057 0.0907) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.07% 0.107 57.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.1931, 44.4797, 20.7433) |
| Luminance | 0.4448 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.38
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.71
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.19
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.47
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.98
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A36E #6EB3E8
analogous
#E86E76 #E8A36E #E8E06E
triadic
#E8A36E #6EE8A3 #A36EE8
tetradic
#E8A36E #76E86E #6EB3E8 #E06EE8
square
#E8A36E #76E86E #6EB3E8 #E06EE8
split-complementary
#E8A36E #6EE8E0 #6E76E8
monochromatic
#BE631E #E08139 #E8A36E #F0C5A3 #F9E6D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.12
#E8A36E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.90
#E8A36E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A36E
9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A36E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A36E | 1.00 | 2.12 | 9.90 | 9.90 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.12 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.90 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A96A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B86E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9596
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a36e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 163, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.107 57.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2be98',
500: '#e8a36e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a36e; $custom-light: #f2be98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a36e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 163,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.066,
"s": 72.619,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7707,
"c": 0.10712,
"h": 57.9
},
"luminance": 0.44476
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A36E
secondary
#C6DBEC
accent
#80D511
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E