#E8A581#E8A581

#E8A581 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.094 H 49.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A581
RGB	rgb(232, 165, 129)
HSL	hsl(21, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(21, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.9%, 44.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, 20.49, 28.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 35.10, 54.28°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.0612 0.0708)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.094 49.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.6986, 45.6546, 26.9066)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A581 #81C4E8

analogous

#E88190 #E8A581 #E8D981

triadic

#E8A581 #81E8A5 #A581E8

tetradic

#E8A581 #90E881 #81C4E8 #D981E8

square

#E8A581 #90E881 #81C4E8 #D981E8

split-complementary

#E8A581 #81E8D9 #8190E8

monochromatic

#CA5E25 #DF804D #E8A581 #F1CAB5 #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E8A581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#E8A581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A581

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A581	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7AC7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7BA81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9999C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 165, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.094 49.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c0a6',
    500: '#e8a581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a581;
$custom-light: #f2c0a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 20.971,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77768,
    "c": 0.09355,
    "h": 49.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A581

secondary

#D5E7F0

accent

#8FD114

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A581

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

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