#E8A997#E8A997

#E8A997 is a light, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.079 H 36.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8A997
RGB	rgb(232, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(13, 64%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(13, 35%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.2%, 34.9%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.68, 20.83, 18.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.68, 27.81, 41.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0635 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.079 36.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0543, 47.7693, 35.6981)
Luminance	0.4777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8A997 #97D6E8

analogous

#E897AE #E8A997 #E8D197

triadic

#E8A997 #97E8A9 #A997E8

tetradic

#E8A997 #AEE897 #97D6E8 #D197E8

square

#E8A997 #AEE897 #97D6E8 #D197E8

split-complementary

#E8A997 #97E8D1 #97AEE8

monochromatic

#D25633 #DD8065 #E8A997 #F3D2C9 #F9EAE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E8A997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#E8A997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8A997

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8A997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8A997	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8B096

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6BD97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7A0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8a997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.079 36.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c2b5',
    500: '#e8a997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8a997;
$custom-light: #f1c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8a997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.333,
    "s": 63.78,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78958,
    "c": 0.07909,
    "h": 36.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47766
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8A997

secondary

#DAECF1

accent

#A4CC1A

background

#FEFBFB

surface

#FDF7F6

border

#D5D0D0

text

#171211

muted

#858180

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8A997

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

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