#E8A572#E8A572

#E8A572 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.104 H 57.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A572
RGB	rgb(232, 165, 114)
HSL	hsl(26, 72%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(26, 51%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 50.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, 19.06, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 40.88, 62.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% 0.0553 0.0877)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.104 57.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.7737, 45.2846, 22.0356)
Luminance	0.4528 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A572 #72B5E8

analogous

#E8727A #E8A572 #E8E072

triadic

#E8A572 #72E8A5 #A572E8

tetradic

#E8A572 #7AE872 #72B5E8 #E072E8

square

#E8A572 #7AE872 #72B5E8 #E072E8

split-complementary

#E8A572 #72E8E0 #727AE8

monochromatic

#C0651F #DF833D #E8A572 #F1C7A7 #F9E8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E8A572 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#E8A572 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A572

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A572	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A572	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9AB6E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B972

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a572;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.104 57.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bf9b',
    500: '#e8a572',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a572;
$custom-light: #f2bf9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a572",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 25.932,
    "s": 71.951,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77501,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 57.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A572

secondary

#C9DDED

accent

#80D411

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A572

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

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