#E8AE72#E8AE72
#E8AE72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.102 H 66.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8AE72 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 174, 114) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 72%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 51%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 25%, 50.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.23, 14.27, 38.88) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.23, 41.42, 69.85°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.18% 0.0411 0.0939) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.18% 0.102 66.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.4545, 48.6463, 22.5959) |
| Luminance | 0.4864 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.72
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.99
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.40
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.33
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.60
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.90
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8AE72 #72ACE8
analogous
#E87372 #E8AE72 #E7E872
triadic
#E8AE72 #72E8AE #AE72E8
tetradic
#E8AE72 #72E873 #72ACE8 #E872E7
square
#E8AE72 #72E873 #72ACE8 #E872E7
split-complementary
#E8AE72 #72E7E8 #7372E8
monochromatic
#C0711F #DF903D #E8AE72 #F1CCA7 #F9EADB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.96
#E8AE72 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.73
#E8AE72 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8AE72
10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8AE72 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8AE72 | 1.00 | 1.96 | 10.73 | 10.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.96 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C1B16D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CFBF73
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9A19F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B9B9B9
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8ae72; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 114); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.102 66.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2c69b',
500: '#e8ae72',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8ae72; $custom-light: #f2c69b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8ae72",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 174,
"b": 114
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.508,
"s": 71.951,
"l": 67.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79177,
"c": 0.10249,
"h": 66.4
},
"luminance": 0.48643
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8AE72
secondary
#C9DBED
accent
#71D411
background
#FFFCF9
surface
#FFF8F2
border
#D7D1CC
text
#17130E
muted
#85827E