#E8A556#E8A556

#E8A556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.124 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A556
RGB	rgb(232, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 76%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 62.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, 16.90, 49.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 52.71, 71.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.11% 0.0453 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(77.11% 0.124 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.4166, 44.7418, 14.8883)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A556 #5699E8

analogous

#E85C56 #E8A556 #E2E856

triadic

#E8A556 #56E8A5 #A556E8

tetradic

#E8A556 #56E85C #5699E8 #E856E2

square

#E8A556 #56E85C #5699E8 #E856E2

split-complementary

#E8A556 #56E2E8 #5C56E8

monochromatic

#AC6817 #E18820 #E8A556 #EFC28C #F7DEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E8A556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#E8A556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A556

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A556	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA94E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.124 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bf88',
    500: '#e8a556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a556;
$custom-light: #f3bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.466,
    "s": 76.042,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77108,
    "c": 0.12405,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A556

secondary

#B2CBE8

accent

#6AD80D

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A556

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

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