#E8A499#E8A499

#E8A499 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.083 H 29.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A499
RGB	rgb(232, 164, 153)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(8, 34%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.3%, 34.1%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 23.74, 15.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 28.50, 33.61°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% 0.0723 0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.083 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(52.3056, 46.0099, 36.2566)
Luminance	0.4601 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A499 #99DDE8

analogous

#E899B5 #E8A499 #E8CB99

triadic

#E8A499 #99E8A4 #A499E8

tetradic

#E8A499 #B5E899 #99DDE8 #CB99E8

square

#E8A499 #B5E899 #99DDE8 #CB99E8

split-complementary

#E8A499 #99E8CB #99B5E8

monochromatic

#D14B35 #DD7767 #E8A499 #F3D1CB #F9E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E8A499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#E8A499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A499

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A499	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3AD98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3BA98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F79BA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 164, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.083 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bfb7',
    500: '#e8a499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a499;
$custom-light: #f1bfb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.354,
    "s": 63.2,
    "l": 75.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78099,
    "c": 0.08289,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A499

secondary

#DAEEF1

accent

#B2CB1B

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A499

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

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