#E8A45C#E8A45C
#E8A45C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.120 H 65.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A45C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 164, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 60.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.55, 17.84, 46.79) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.55, 50.08, 69.13°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77% 0.0489 0.1094) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77% 0.12 65.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.4889, 44.4833, 16.1555) |
| Luminance | 0.4448 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.49
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.55
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.88
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.97
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.30
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A45C #5CA0E8
analogous
#E85E5C #E8A45C #E6E85C
triadic
#E8A45C #5CE8A4 #A45CE8
tetradic
#E8A45C #5CE85E #5CA0E8 #E85CE6
square
#E8A45C #5CE85E #5CA0E8 #E85CE6
split-complementary
#E8A45C #5CE6E8 #5E5CE8
monochromatic
#B16719 #E08626 #E8A45C #F0C292 #F7E0C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.12
#E8A45C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.90
#E8A45C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A45C
9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A45C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A45C | 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)
#BAA955
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a45c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.120 65.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bf8c',
500: '#e8a45c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a45c; $custom-light: #f3bf8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a45c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 164,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.857,
"s": 75.269,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76996,
"c": 0.11985,
"h": 65.9
},
"luminance": 0.44479
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A45C
secondary
#B7CFE9
accent
#70D70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D