#E8A960#E8A960
#E8A960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.117 H 68.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8A960 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 169, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 75%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 59%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 58.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.79, 15.46, 46.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.79, 48.79, 71.52°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.98% 0.0424 0.1087) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.98% 0.117 68.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.5809, 46.3800, 17.4049) |
| Luminance | 0.4638 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.81
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.90
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.25
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.46
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.66
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 7.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8A960 #609FE8
analogous
#E86560 #E8A960 #E3E860
triadic
#E8A960 #60E8A9 #A960E8
tetradic
#E8A960 #60E865 #609FE8 #E860E3
square
#E8A960 #60E865 #609FE8 #E860E3
split-complementary
#E8A960 #60E3E8 #6560E8
monochromatic
#B46C1A #E08C2B #E8A960 #F0C695 #F7E3CB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.04
#E8A960 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.28
#E8A960 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8A960
10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8A960 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8A960 | 1.00 | 2.04 | 10.28 | 10.28 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.04 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.28 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAD59
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CDBB61
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#FB9A98
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8a960; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 169, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.117 68.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f3c28f',
500: '#e8a960',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8a960; $custom-light: #f3c28f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8a960",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 169,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.206,
"s": 74.725,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77978,
"c": 0.11671,
"h": 68.7
},
"luminance": 0.46376
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8A960
secondary
#BAD0E9
accent
#6BD70F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D