#E8A948#E8A948

#E8A948 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.134 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A948
RGB	rgb(232, 169, 72)
HSL	hsl(36, 78%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(36, 69%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 69%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 13.95, 57.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 59.00, 76.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% 0.0347 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.134 75)
XYZ	xyz(48.6396, 46.0034, 12.4474)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A948 #4887E8

analogous

#E85948 #E8A948 #D7E848

triadic

#E8A948 #48E8A9 #A948E8

tetradic

#E8A948 #48E859 #4887E8 #E848D7

square

#E8A948 #48E859 #4887E8 #E848D7

split-complementary

#E8A948 #48D7E8 #5948E8

monochromatic

#A16A14 #D88D1B #E8A948 #EFC37E #F6DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E8A948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#E8A948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A948

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A948	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)

#C0AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FC9894

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 169, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.134 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f4c27f',
    500: '#e8a948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a948;
$custom-light: #f4c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.375,
    "s": 77.67,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7771,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.46
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A948

secondary

#A7BFE5

accent

#7FF434

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A948

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