#E8B161#E8B161

#E8B161 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.117 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B161
RGB	rgb(232, 177, 97)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(36, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 58.2%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.74, 11.29, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.74, 49.39, 76.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79.51% 0.0302 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.51% 0.117 75)
XYZ	xyz(51.1613, 49.4666, 18.1603)
Luminance	0.4946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B161 #6198E8

analogous

#E86E61 #E8B161 #DBE861

triadic

#E8B161 #61E8B1 #B161E8

tetradic

#E8B161 #61E86E #6198E8 #E861DB

square

#E8B161 #61E86E #6198E8 #E861DB

split-complementary

#E8B161 #61DBE8 #6E61E8

monochromatic

#B4761A #E0972C #E8B161 #F0CB96 #F8E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E8B161 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#E8B161 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B161

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B161	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B161	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA29E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b161;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.117 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c890',
    500: '#e8b161',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b161;
$custom-light: #f3c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b161",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.556,
    "s": 74.586,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79505,
    "c": 0.11677,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.49463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B161

secondary

#BBCEEA

accent

#60D70F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B161

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

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