#E8A46E#E8A46E
#E8A46E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.107 H 58.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A46E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 164, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 52.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.78, 19.24, 37.89) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.78, 42.49, 63.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.25% 0.0554 0.0914) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.25% 0.107 58.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.3713, 44.8362, 20.8028) |
| Luminance | 0.4483 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.23
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.77
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.93
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.64
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.79
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.95
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A46E #6EB2E8
analogous
#E86E75 #E8A46E #E8E16E
triadic
#E8A46E #6EE8A4 #A46EE8
tetradic
#E8A46E #75E86E #6EB2E8 #E16EE8
square
#E8A46E #75E86E #6EB2E8 #E16EE8
split-complementary
#E8A46E #6EE8E1 #6E75E8
monochromatic
#BE651E #E08339 #E8A46E #F0C5A3 #F9E6D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#E8A46E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.97
#E8A46E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A46E
9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A46E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A46E | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.97 | 9.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8AA6A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B96F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9697
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a46e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.107 58.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bf98',
500: '#e8a46e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a46e; $custom-light: #f2bf98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a46e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 164,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.557,
"s": 72.619,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77253,
"c": 0.10686,
"h": 58.8
},
"luminance": 0.44833
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A46E
secondary
#C6DBEC
accent
#7ED511
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E