#E8A46C#E8A46C
#E8A46C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.108 H 59.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A46C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 164, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 53.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.76, 19.07, 38.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.76, 43.32, 63.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.22% 0.0547 0.0935) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.22% 0.108 59.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.2637, 44.7932, 20.2357) |
| Luminance | 0.4479 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.95
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.73
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.01
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.47
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.54
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.98
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A46C #6CB0E8
analogous
#E86C72 #E8A46C #E8E26C
triadic
#E8A46C #6CE8A4 #A46CE8
tetradic
#E8A46C #72E86C #6CB0E8 #E26CE8
square
#E8A46C #72E86C #6CB0E8 #E26CE8
split-complementary
#E8A46C #6CE8E2 #6C72E8
monochromatic
#BC651D #E08337 #E8A46C #F0C5A1 #F9E6D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#E8A46C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.96
#E8A46C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A46C
9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A46C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A46C | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.96 | 9.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A967
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B96D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9696
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a46c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.108 59.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bf97',
500: '#e8a46c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a46c; $custom-light: #f3bf97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a46c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 164,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.097,
"s": 72.941,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77222,
"c": 0.1083,
"h": 59.7
},
"luminance": 0.44789
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A46C
secondary
#C4DAEC
accent
#7CD510
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E