#E8A55B#E8A55B
#E8A55B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.120 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A55B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 165, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 75%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 61%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 60.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.78, 17.24, 47.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.78, 50.58, 70.08°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.17% 0.047 0.111) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.17% 0.12 67.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6252, 44.8252, 15.9866) |
| Luminance | 0.4482 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.99
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.63
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.77
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.17
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.98
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.68
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A55B #5B9EE8
analogous
#E85E5B #E8A55B #E5E85B
triadic
#E8A55B #5BE8A5 #A55BE8
tetradic
#E8A55B #5BE85E #5B9EE8 #E85BE5
square
#E8A55B #5BE85E #5B9EE8 #E85BE5
split-complementary
#E8A55B #5BE5E8 #5E5BE8
monochromatic
#B06819 #E08825 #E8A55B #F0C291 #F7E0C6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#E8A55B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.96
#E8A55B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A55B
9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A55B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A55B | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.96 | 9.96 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.96 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA954
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB95C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a55b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.120 67.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bf8b',
500: '#e8a55b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a55b; $custom-light: #f3bf8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a55b",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 165,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.489,
"s": 75.401,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77168,
"c": 0.12049,
"h": 67.1
},
"luminance": 0.44821
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A55B
secondary
#B6CEE9
accent
#6ED80E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D