#E8A489#E8A489

#E8A489 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.089 H 42.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A489
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 137)
HSL	hsl(17, 67%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(17, 41%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 40.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, 21.88, 24.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 32.51, 47.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.75% 0.0659 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(77.75% 0.089 42.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0716, 45.5163, 29.7577)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A489 #89CDE8

analogous

#E8899D #E8A489 #E8D489

triadic

#E8A489 #89E8A4 #A489E8

tetradic

#E8A489 #9DE889 #89CDE8 #D489E8

square

#E8A489 #9DE889 #89CDE8 #D489E8

split-complementary

#E8A489 #89E8D4 #899DE8

monochromatic

#CE5728 #DE7D56 #E8A489 #F2CBBC #FAEBE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E8A489 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#E8A489 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A489

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A489	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A489	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)

#B5AB87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8999D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a489;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.089 42.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bfab',
    500: '#e8a489',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a489;
$custom-light: #f1bfab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a489",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.053,
    "s": 67.376,
    "l": 72.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77745,
    "c": 0.08948,
    "h": 42.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A489

secondary

#D9EBF2

accent

#9BCF16

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#171210

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A489

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

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