#E8A561#E8A561

#E8A561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.116 H 65.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A561
RGB	rgb(232, 165, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(30, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.85, 17.67, 44.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.85, 48.01, 68.41°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% 0.0491 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.116 65)
XYZ	xyz(48.8944, 44.9329, 17.4047)
Luminance	0.4493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A561 #61A4E8

analogous

#E86261 #E8A561 #E8E861

triadic

#E8A561 #61E8A5 #A561E8

tetradic

#E8A561 #61E862 #61A4E8 #E861E8

square

#E8A561 #61E862 #61A4E8 #E861E8

split-complementary

#E8A561 #61E8E8 #6261E8

monochromatic

#B4681A #E0872C #E8A561 #F0C396 #F8E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#E8A561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.99

#E8A561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A561

9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A561	1.00	2.10	9.99	9.99
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAA5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FB9695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.116 65.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3bf8f',
    500: '#e8a561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a561;
$custom-light: #f3bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.222,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77246,
    "c": 0.11615,
    "h": 65
  },
  "luminance": 0.44929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A561

secondary

#BBD2EA

accent

#72D70F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A561

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

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