#E8A462#E8A462

#E8A462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.116 H 63.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A462
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(30, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.62, 18.27, 43.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.62, 47.52, 67.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% 0.051 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.116 63.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.7617, 44.5924, 17.5919)
Luminance	0.4459 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A462 #62A6E8

analogous

#E86263 #E8A462 #E8E762

triadic

#E8A462 #62E8A4 #A462E8

tetradic

#E8A462 #63E862 #62A6E8 #E762E8

square

#E8A462 #63E862 #62A6E8 #E762E8

split-complementary

#E8A462 #62E8E7 #6263E8

monochromatic

#B5671B #E0852D #E8A462 #F0C397 #F8E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E8A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#E8A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A462

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A462	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.116 63.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bf90',
    500: '#e8a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a462;
$custom-light: #f3bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.552,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77075,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 63.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A462

secondary

#BCD3EA

accent

#74D70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A462

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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