#E8A742#E8A742

#E8A742 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.137 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A742
RGB	rgb(232, 167, 66)
HSL	hsl(37, 78%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(37, 72%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28%, 71.6%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, 14.71, 59.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 61.17, 76.08°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% 0.0361 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.137 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.0841, 45.1905, 11.3434)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A742 #4283E8

analogous

#E85442 #E8A742 #D6E842

triadic

#E8A742 #42E8A7 #A742E8

tetradic

#E8A742 #42E854 #4283E8 #E842D6

square

#E8A742 #42E854 #4283E8 #E842D6

split-complementary

#E8A742 #42D6E8 #5442E8

monochromatic

#9D6713 #D38B1A #E8A742 #EFC079 #F5DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#E8A742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#E8A742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A742

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A742	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)

#BFAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 167, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.137 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c17c',
    500: '#e8a742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a742;
$custom-light: #f4c17c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.506,
    "s": 78.302,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77279,
    "c": 0.13725,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A742

secondary

#A2BCE4

accent

#7FF533

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A742

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

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