#E8A861#E8A861
#E8A861 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.116 H 67.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A861 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 168, 97) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 75%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 58.2%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.56, 16.07, 45.50) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.56, 48.25, 70.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.8% 0.0443 0.1072) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.8% 0.116 67.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4419, 46.0278, 17.5872) |
| Luminance | 0.4602 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.27
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.94
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.02
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.15
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.06
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 7.20
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A861 #61A1E8
analogous
#E86561 #E8A861 #E4E861
triadic
#E8A861 #61E8A8 #A861E8
tetradic
#E8A861 #61E865 #61A1E8 #E861E4
square
#E8A861 #61E865 #61A1E8 #E861E4
split-complementary
#E8A861 #61E4E8 #6561E8
monochromatic
#B46B1A #E08B2C #E8A861 #F0C596 #F8E3CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.06
#E8A861 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.20
#E8A861 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A861
10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A861 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A861 | 1.00 | 2.06 | 10.20 | 10.20 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.20 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDAC5B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCBB62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9997
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a861; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 168, 97); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.116 67.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c18f',
500: '#e8a861',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a861; $custom-light: #f3c18f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a861",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 168,
"b": 97
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.556,
"s": 74.586,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77804,
"c": 0.11596,
"h": 67.5
},
"luminance": 0.46024
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A861
secondary
#BBD1EA
accent
#6ED70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D