#E8A56D#E8A56D
#E8A56D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.107 H 60.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A56D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 165, 109) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 53%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.01, 18.62, 38.69) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.01, 42.93, 64.30°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.42% 0.0534 0.0931) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.42% 0.107 60.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4969, 45.1739, 20.5775) |
| Luminance | 0.4517 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.03
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.62
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.00
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.49
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.82
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 7.24
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A56D #6DB0E8
analogous
#E86D73 #E8A56D #E8E36D
triadic
#E8A56D #6DE8A5 #A56DE8
tetradic
#E8A56D #73E86D #6DB0E8 #E36DE8
square
#E8A56D #73E86D #6DB0E8 #E36DE8
split-complementary
#E8A56D #6DE8E3 #6D73E8
monochromatic
#BD661E #E08438 #E8A56D #F0C6A2 #F9E6D7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.09
#E8A56D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.03
#E8A56D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A56D
10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A56D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A56D | 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)
#B9AA68
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B96E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9797
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a56d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 109); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.107 60.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bf98',
500: '#e8a56d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a56d; $custom-light: #f2bf98; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a56d",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 165,
"b": 109
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.317,
"s": 72.781,
"l": 66.863
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77421,
"c": 0.10735,
"h": 60.1
},
"luminance": 0.4517
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A56D
secondary
#C5DAEC
accent
#7CD511
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E