#E8A488#E8A488

#E8A488 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.090 H 43.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A488
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 136)
HSL	hsl(18, 68%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(18, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 41.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, 21.77, 24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 32.83, 48.46°)
OKLab	oklab(77.72% 0.0655 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(77.72% 0.09 43.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.0002, 45.4878, 29.3816)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A488 #88CCE8

analogous

#E8889C #E8A488 #E8D488

triadic

#E8A488 #88E8A4 #A488E8

tetradic

#E8A488 #9CE888 #88CCE8 #D488E8

square

#E8A488 #9CE888 #88CCE8 #D488E8

split-complementary

#E8A488 #88E8D4 #889CE8

monochromatic

#CE5828 #DE7D55 #E8A488 #F2CBBB #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E8A488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#E8A488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A488

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A488	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5AB86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B988

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.090 43.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bfab',
    500: '#e8a488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a488;
$custom-light: #f1bfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.5,
    "s": 67.606,
    "l": 72.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77725,
    "c": 0.09001,
    "h": 43.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A488

secondary

#D9EBF2

accent

#99D016

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A488

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

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