#E8A955#E8A955
#E8A955 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.125 H 72.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A955 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 169, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(34, 76%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(34, 63%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 63.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.67, 14.71, 51.49) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.67, 53.55, 74.06°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.84% 0.0387 0.1187) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.84% 0.125 72) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.1094, 46.1914, 14.9219) |
| Luminance | 0.4619 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 4.40
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.50
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 5.95
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.43
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.46
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A955 #5594E8
analogous
#E86055 #E8A955 #DDE855
triadic
#E8A955 #55E8A9 #A955E8
tetradic
#E8A955 #55E860 #5594E8 #E855DD
square
#E8A955 #55E860 #5594E8 #E855DD
split-complementary
#E8A955 #55DDE8 #6055E8
monochromatic
#AB6C17 #E18E1F #E8A955 #EFC48B #F7E0C1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.05
#E8A955 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.24
#E8A955 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A955
10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A955 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A955 | 1.00 | 2.05 | 10.24 | 10.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.05 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BFAC4D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBB57
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9996
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a955; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 169, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.125 72.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c288',
500: '#e8a955',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a955; $custom-light: #f3c288; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a955",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 169,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 34.286,
"s": 76.166,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77844,
"c": 0.12485,
"h": 72
},
"luminance": 0.46188
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A955
secondary
#B1C9E7
accent
#64D80D
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#18120B
muted
#86817C