#E8B165#E8B165

#E8B165 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.114 H 73.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B165
RGB	rgb(232, 177, 101)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(35, 56%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 56.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 11.60, 46.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 47.60, 75.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% 0.0316 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.114 73.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.3525, 49.5431, 19.1674)
Luminance	0.4954 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B165 #659CE8

analogous

#E86F65 #E8B165 #DEE865

triadic

#E8B165 #65E8B1 #B165E8

tetradic

#E8B165 #65E86F #659CE8 #E865DE

square

#E8B165 #65E86F #659CE8 #E865DE

split-complementary

#E8B165 #65DEE8 #6F65E8

monochromatic

#B7761B #E09630 #E8B165 #F0CC9A #F8E7CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E8B165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#E8B165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B165

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B165	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.114 73.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c893',
    500: '#e8b165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b165;
$custom-light: #f2c893;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.809,
    "s": 74.011,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79557,
    "c": 0.1135,
    "h": 73.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B165

secondary

#BED1EA

accent

#63D60F

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B165

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

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