#E8A460#E8A460
#E8A460 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.117 H 64.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A460 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 164, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 58.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.60, 18.12, 44.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.60, 48.37, 68.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.05% 0.0503 0.1056) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.05% 0.117 64.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6684, 44.5551, 17.1008) |
| Luminance | 0.4455 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.97
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.50
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.65
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.44
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.91
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A460 #60A4E8
analogous
#E86060 #E8A460 #E8E860
triadic
#E8A460 #60E8A4 #A460E8
tetradic
#E8A460 #60E860 #60A4E8 #E860E8
square
#E8A460 #60E860 #60A4E8 #E860E8
split-complementary
#E8A460 #60E8E8 #6060E8
monochromatic
#B4671A #E0852B #E8A460 #F0C395 #F7E1CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.12
#E8A460 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.91
#E8A460 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A460
9.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A460 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A460 | 1.00 | 2.12 | 9.91 | 9.91 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.12 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.91 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAA95A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB861
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a460; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.117 64.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bf8f',
500: '#e8a460',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a460; $custom-light: #f3bf8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a460",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 164,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 74.725,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77048,
"c": 0.11698,
"h": 64.5
},
"luminance": 0.44551
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A460
secondary
#BAD2E9
accent
#73D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D