#E8B162#E8B162

#E8B162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.116 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B162
RGB	rgb(232, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 58%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 57.8%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.75, 11.37, 47.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.75, 48.94, 76.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% 0.0305 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.116 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.2082, 49.4854, 18.4074)
Luminance	0.4948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B162 #6299E8

analogous

#E86E62 #E8B162 #DCE862

triadic

#E8B162 #62E8B1 #B162E8

tetradic

#E8B162 #62E86E #6299E8 #E862DC

square

#E8B162 #62E86E #6299E8 #E862DC

split-complementary

#E8B162 #62DCE8 #6E62E8

monochromatic

#B5761B #E0962D #E8B162 #F0CC97 #F8E6CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E8B162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E8B162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B162

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B162	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.116 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c891',
    500: '#e8b162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b162;
$custom-light: #f3c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.373,
    "s": 74.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79518,
    "c": 0.11596,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49482
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B162

secondary

#BCCFEA

accent

#61D70F

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B162

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

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