#E8A481#E8A481

#E8A481 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.094 H 48.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A481
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 129)
HSL	hsl(20, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(20, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 44.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, 21.03, 28.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 35.16, 53.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% 0.0628 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.094 48.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.5189, 45.2953, 26.8467)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A481 #81C5E8

analogous

#E88191 #E8A481 #E8D781

triadic

#E8A481 #81E8A4 #A481E8

tetradic

#E8A481 #91E881 #81C5E8 #D781E8

square

#E8A481 #91E881 #81C5E8 #D781E8

split-complementary

#E8A481 #81E8D7 #8191E8

monochromatic

#CA5D25 #DF7F4D #E8A481 #F1C9B5 #FAECE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E8A481 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#E8A481 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A481

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A481	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A481	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6AB7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B981

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9989B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a481;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.094 48.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bfa6',
    500: '#e8a481',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a481;
$custom-light: #f2bfa6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a481",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.388,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77586,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 48.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A481

secondary

#D5E7F0

accent

#91D114

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A481

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

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