#E8A862#E8A862
#E8A862 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.115 H 67.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A862 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 168, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 74%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 58%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.6%, 57.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.58, 16.14, 45.01) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.58, 47.82, 70.27°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.82% 0.0447 0.1062) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.82% 0.115 67.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.4888, 46.0466, 17.8343) |
| Luminance | 0.4604 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.14
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.84
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.11
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.13
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.22
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 7.35
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A862 #62A2E8
analogous
#E86562 #E8A862 #E5E862
triadic
#E8A862 #62E8A8 #A862E8
tetradic
#E8A862 #62E865 #62A2E8 #E862E5
square
#E8A862 #62E865 #62A2E8 #E862E5
split-complementary
#E8A862 #62E5E8 #6562E8
monochromatic
#B56B1B #E08A2D #E8A862 #F0C697 #F8E3CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.06
#E8A862 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.21
#E8A862 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A862
10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A862 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A862 | 1.00 | 2.06 | 10.21 | 10.21 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.21 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDAC5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCBB63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9997
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a862; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 168, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.115 67.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c190',
500: '#e8a862',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a862; $custom-light: #f3c190; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a862",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 168,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.343,
"s": 74.444,
"l": 64.706
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77818,
"c": 0.1152,
"h": 67.2
},
"luminance": 0.46043
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A862
secondary
#BCD2EA
accent
#6ED70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817D