#E8A56C#E8A56C
#E8A56C is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.108 H 60.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A56C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 165, 108) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 53.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.99, 18.54, 39.19) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.99, 43.35, 64.68°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.41% 0.0531 0.0942) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.41% 0.108 60.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4433, 45.1525, 20.2956) |
| Luminance | 0.4515 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.93
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.54
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.14
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.36
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.79
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 7.27
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A56C #6CAFE8
analogous
#E86C71 #E8A56C #E8E36C
triadic
#E8A56C #6CE8A5 #A56CE8
tetradic
#E8A56C #71E86C #6CAFE8 #E36CE8
square
#E8A56C #71E86C #6CAFE8 #E36CE8
split-complementary
#E8A56C #6CE8E3 #6C71E8
monochromatic
#BC661D #E08537 #E8A56C #F0C5A1 #F9E6D6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.09
#E8A56C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.03
#E8A56C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A56C
10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A56C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A56C | 1.00 | 2.09 | 10.03 | 10.03 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.09 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.03 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BAAA67
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B96D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9797
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a56c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 108); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.108 60.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bf97',
500: '#e8a56c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a56c; $custom-light: #f2bf97; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a56c",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 165,
"b": 108
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.581,
"s": 72.941,
"l": 66.667
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77406,
"c": 0.10809,
"h": 60.6
},
"luminance": 0.45149
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A56C
secondary
#C4DAEC
accent
#7BD510
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E