#E8A579#E8A579

#E8A579 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.099 H 54.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A579
RGB	rgb(232, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(24, 71%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(24, 48%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 47.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, 19.70, 32.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 38.09, 58.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% 0.058 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.099 54)
XYZ	xyz(50.1875, 45.4502, 24.2149)
Luminance	0.4545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A579 #79BCE8

analogous

#E87985 #E8A579 #E8DD79

triadic

#E8A579 #79E8A5 #A579E8

tetradic

#E8A579 #85E879 #79BCE8 #DD79E8

square

#E8A579 #85E879 #79BCE8 #DD79E8

split-complementary

#E8A579 #79E8DD #7985E8

monochromatic

#C56222 #DF8245 #E8A579 #F1C8AD #FAEBE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E8A579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#E8A579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A579

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A579	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8AB76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8BA79

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.099 54.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c0a0',
    500: '#e8a579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a579;
$custom-light: #f2c0a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.784,
    "s": 70.701,
    "l": 69.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77621,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 54
  },
  "luminance": 0.45447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A579

secondary

#CEE2EF

accent

#87D313

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF7F2

border

#D7D0CC

text

#17120E

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A579

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

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