#E8A46D#E8A46D
#E8A46D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.108 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A46D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 164, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 53%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.77, 19.15, 38.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.77, 42.90, 63.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.24% 0.055 0.0924) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.24% 0.108 59.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.3172, 44.8146, 20.5176) |
| Luminance | 0.4481 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.08
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.82
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.88
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.59
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.63
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A46D #6DB1E8
analogous
#E86D74 #E8A46D #E8E16D
triadic
#E8A46D #6DE8A4 #A46DE8
tetradic
#E8A46D #74E86D #6DB1E8 #E16DE8
square
#E8A46D #74E86D #6DB1E8 #E16DE8
split-complementary
#E8A46D #6DE8E1 #6D74E8
monochromatic
#BD651E #E08338 #E8A46D #F0C5A2 #F9E6D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#E8A46D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.96
#E8A46D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A46D
9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A46D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A46D | 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)
#B9AA69
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B96E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9696
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a46d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.108 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bf98',
500: '#e8a46d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a46d; $custom-light: #f2bf98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a46d",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 164,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.829,
"s": 72.781,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77237,
"c": 0.10758,
"h": 59.2
},
"luminance": 0.44811
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A46D
secondary
#C5DAEC
accent
#7DD511
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E