#E8A480#E8A480

#E8A480 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.095 H 48.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A480
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 128)
HSL	hsl(21, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(21, 45%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 44.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.07, 20.93, 28.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.07, 35.52, 53.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% 0.0624 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.095 48.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.4528, 45.2688, 26.4983)
Luminance	0.4526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A480 #80C4E8

analogous

#E88090 #E8A480 #E8D880

triadic

#E8A480 #80E8A4 #A480E8

tetradic

#E8A480 #90E880 #80C4E8 #D880E8

square

#E8A480 #90E880 #80C4E8 #D880E8

split-complementary

#E8A480 #80E8D8 #8090E8

monochromatic

#C95D24 #DF7F4C #E8A480 #F1C9B4 #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E8A480 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#E8A480 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A480

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A480	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A480	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AB7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B980

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a480;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.095 48.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bfa5',
    500: '#e8a480',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a480;
$custom-light: #f2bfa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a480",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.769,
    "s": 69.333,
    "l": 70.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77567,
    "c": 0.09467,
    "h": 48.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A480

secondary

#D4E6F0

accent

#90D114

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A480

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

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