#E8A65E#E8A65E
#E8A65E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.118 H 66.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A65E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 166, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.4%, 59.5%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.05, 16.91, 46.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.05, 49.37, 69.97°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.39% 0.0464 0.1088) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.39% 0.118 66.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.9382, 45.2402, 16.7422) |
| Luminance | 0.4524 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.92
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.83
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.85
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.97
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.14
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.94
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A65E #5EA0E8
analogous
#E8615E #E8A65E #E5E85E
triadic
#E8A65E #5EE8A6 #A65EE8
tetradic
#E8A65E #5EE861 #5EA0E8 #E85EE5
square
#E8A65E #5EE861 #5EA0E8 #E85EE5
split-complementary
#E8A65E #5EE5E8 #615EE8
monochromatic
#B26919 #E08828 #E8A65E #F0C494 #F7E1C9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.09
#E8A65E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.05
#E8A65E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A65E
10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A65E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A65E | 1.00 | 2.09 | 10.05 | 10.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.09 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAA57
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBB95F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9795
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B3B3B3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a65e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 166, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.118 66.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c08d',
500: '#e8a65e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a65e; $custom-light: #f3c08d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a65e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 166,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.304,
"s": 75,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77392,
"c": 0.11827,
"h": 66.9
},
"luminance": 0.45236
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A65E
secondary
#B9D0E9
accent
#6ED70E
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D