#E8A562#E8A562
#E8A562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.115 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A562 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 165, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 74%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 57.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.86, 17.74, 44.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.86, 47.58, 68.11°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.26% 0.0494 0.1043) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.26% 0.115 64.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9413, 44.9517, 17.6518) |
| Luminance | 0.4495 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.06
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.55
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.62
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.54
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.15
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A562 #62A5E8
analogous
#E86262 #E8A562 #E8E862
triadic
#E8A562 #62E8A5 #A562E8
tetradic
#E8A562 #62E862 #62A5E8 #E862E8
square
#E8A562 #62E862 #62A5E8 #E862E8
split-complementary
#E8A562 #62E8E8 #6262E8
monochromatic
#B5681B #E0862D #E8A562 #F0C497 #F8E2CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.10
#E8A562 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.99
#E8A562 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A562
9.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A562 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A562 | 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)
#BAAA5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB963
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9695
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a562; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.115 64.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3bf90',
500: '#e8a562',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a562; $custom-light: #f3bf90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a562",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 165,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30,
"s": 74.444,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7726,
"c": 0.11542,
"h": 64.7
},
"luminance": 0.44948
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A562
secondary
#BCD3EA
accent
#73D70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817D