#E8A56F#E8A56F
#E8A56F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.106 H 59.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A56F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 165, 111) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 72%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 52%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 52.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.03, 18.79, 37.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.03, 42.10, 63.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.45% 0.0542 0.091) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.45% 0.106 59.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.6057, 45.2175, 21.1510) |
| Luminance | 0.4521 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.30
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.76
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.81
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.80
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.90
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 7.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A56F #6FB2E8
analogous
#E86F76 #E8A56F #E8E26F
triadic
#E8A56F #6FE8A5 #A56FE8
tetradic
#E8A56F #76E86F #6FB2E8 #E26FE8
square
#E8A56F #76E86F #6FB2E8 #E26FE8
split-complementary
#E8A56F #6FE8E2 #6F76E8
monochromatic
#BE661E #E0843A #E8A56F #F0C6A4 #F9E7D9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.09
#E8A56F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.04
#E8A56F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A56F
10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A56F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A56F | 1.00 | 2.09 | 10.04 | 10.04 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.09 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.04 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9AA6B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C9B970
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FA9798
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a56f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 111); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.106 59.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bf99',
500: '#e8a56f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a56f; $custom-light: #f2bf99; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a56f",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 165,
"b": 111
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.777,
"s": 72.455,
"l": 67.255
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77453,
"c": 0.1059,
"h": 59.2
},
"luminance": 0.45214
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A56F
secondary
#C6DBEC
accent
#7DD511
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF7F2
border
#D7D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E