#E8A37E#E8A37E
#E8A37E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.096 H 49.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A37E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 163, 126) |
| HSL | hsl(21, 70%, 70%) |
| HSV | hsv(21, 46%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.7%, 45.7%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.80, 21.26, 29.42) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.80, 36.29, 54.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.35% 0.0632 0.0728) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.35% 0.096 49) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.1442, 44.8602, 25.7524) |
| Luminance | 0.4486 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Pinkish Tan
#D99B82
ΔE00 4.52
Lightsalmon
#FFA07A
ΔE00 5.14
Darksalmon
#E9967A
ΔE00 5.31
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.48
Pale Salmon
#FFB19A
ΔE00 7.18
Light Salmon
#FEA993
ΔE00 7.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A37E #7EC3E8
analogous
#E87E8E #E8A37E #E8D87E
triadic
#E8A37E #7EE8A3 #A37EE8
tetradic
#E8A37E #8EE87E #7EC3E8 #D87EE8
square
#E8A37E #8EE87E #7EC3E8 #D87EE8
split-complementary
#E8A37E #7EE8D8 #7E8EE8
monochromatic
#C85D24 #DF7E4A #E8A37E #F1C8B2 #FAECE5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#E8A37E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.97
#E8A37E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A37E
9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A37E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A37E | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.97 | 9.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6AA7B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B87E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99799
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a37e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 163, 126); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.096 49.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bea3',
500: '#e8a37e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a37e; $custom-light: #f2bea3; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a37e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 163,
"b": 126
},
"hsl": {
"h": 20.943,
"s": 69.737,
"l": 70.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77347,
"c": 0.09641,
"h": 49
},
"luminance": 0.44857
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A37E
secondary
#D2E5F0
accent
#8FD214
background
#FFFBFA
surface
#FEF7F4
border
#D6D0CE
text
#17120F
muted
#85817F