#E8A981#E8A981

#E8A981 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.092 H 53.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A981
RGB	rgb(232, 169, 129)
HSL	hsl(23, 69%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(23, 44%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 44.4%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, 18.36, 29.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 34.96, 58.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% 0.0548 0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.092 53.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4314, 47.1202, 27.1508)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A981 #81C0E8

analogous

#E8818C #E8A981 #E8DC81

triadic

#E8A981 #81E8A9 #A981E8

tetradic

#E8A981 #8CE881 #81C0E8 #DC81E8

square

#E8A981 #8CE881 #81C0E8 #DC81E8

split-complementary

#E8A981 #81E8DC #818CE8

monochromatic

#CA6525 #DF864D #E8A981 #F1CCB5 #FAEDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E8A981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#E8A981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A981

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A981	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBAF7E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CABC81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99D9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 169, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.092 53.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c2a6',
    500: '#e8a981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a981;
$custom-light: #f2c2a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 23.301,
    "s": 69.128,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78502,
    "c": 0.09184,
    "h": 53.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A981

secondary

#D5E5F0

accent

#88D114

background

#FFFBFA

surface

#FEF7F4

border

#D6D0CE

text

#17120F

muted

#85817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A981

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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