#E8A55C#E8A55C
#E8A55C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.120 H 66.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A55C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 165, 92) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 60%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 60.3%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.79, 17.30, 47.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.79, 50.15, 69.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.18% 0.0473 0.11) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.18% 0.12 66.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6686, 44.8426, 16.2153) |
| Luminance | 0.4484 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.84
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.72
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.74
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.06
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.13
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A55C #5C9FE8
analogous
#E85F5C #E8A55C #E5E85C
triadic
#E8A55C #5CE8A5 #A55CE8
tetradic
#E8A55C #5CE85F #5C9FE8 #E85CE5
square
#E8A55C #5CE85F #5C9FE8 #E85CE5
split-complementary
#E8A55C #5CE5E8 #5F5CE8
monochromatic
#B16819 #E08726 #E8A55C #F0C392 #F7E0C7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.11
#E8A55C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.97
#E8A55C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A55C
9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A55C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A55C | 1.00 | 2.11 | 9.97 | 9.97 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.11 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.97 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA955
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB95D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9594
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a55c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 92); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.120 66.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bf8c',
500: '#e8a55c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a55c; $custom-light: #f3bf8c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a55c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 165,
"b": 92
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.286,
"s": 75.269,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77181,
"c": 0.11977,
"h": 66.7
},
"luminance": 0.44839
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A55C
secondary
#B7CFE9
accent
#6ED70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120C
muted
#86817D