#E8AE79#E8AE79
#E8AE79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.097 H 63.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8AE79 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 174, 121) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 71%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 48%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 25%, 47.8%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.33, 14.91, 35.37) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.33, 38.39, 67.14°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.29% 0.0438 0.0864) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.29% 0.097 63.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.8683, 48.8118, 24.7751) |
| Luminance | 0.4881 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.80
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.01
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.46
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.56
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.79
Tan
#D2B48C
ΔE00 7.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8AE79 #79B3E8
analogous
#E8797C #E8AE79 #E8E679
triadic
#E8AE79 #79E8AE #AE79E8
tetradic
#E8AE79 #7CE879 #79B3E8 #E679E8
square
#E8AE79 #7CE879 #79B3E8 #E679E8
split-complementary
#E8AE79 #79E8E6 #797CE8
monochromatic
#C57022 #DF8E45 #E8AE79 #F1CEAD #FAEDE1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.95
#E8AE79 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.76
#E8AE79 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8AE79
10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8AE79 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8AE79 | 1.00 | 1.95 | 10.76 | 10.76 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.95 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.76 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C0B275
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CEBF7A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9A2A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BABABA
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8ae79; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 174, 121); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.097 63.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2c6a0',
500: '#e8ae79',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8ae79; $custom-light: #f2c6a0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8ae79",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 174,
"b": 121
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.649,
"s": 70.701,
"l": 69.216
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79291,
"c": 0.0968,
"h": 63.1
},
"luminance": 0.48808
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8AE79
secondary
#CEDFEF
accent
#77D313
background
#FFFCF9
surface
#FEF8F2
border
#D6D1CC
text
#17130F
muted
#85827E