#E8B16E#E8B16E
#E8B16E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.106 H 70.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8B16E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 177, 110) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 73%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 53%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 23.7%, 52.6%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(75.90, 12.33, 41.78) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(75.90, 43.56, 73.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.68% 0.0349 0.1001) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.68% 0.106 70.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.8179, 49.7293, 21.6183) |
| Luminance | 0.4973 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.08
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.84
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 6.44
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.49
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.49
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.56
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8B16E #6EA5E8
analogous
#E8746E #E8B16E #E2E86E
triadic
#E8B16E #6EE8B1 #B16EE8
tetradic
#E8B16E #6EE874 #6EA5E8 #E86EE2
square
#E8B16E #6EE874 #6EA5E8 #E86EE2
split-complementary
#E8B16E #6EE2E8 #746EE8
monochromatic
#BE761E #E09539 #E8B16E #F0CDA3 #F9EAD8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.92
#E8B16E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.95
#E8B16E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8B16E
10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8B16E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8B16E | 1.00 | 1.92 | 10.95 | 10.95 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.92 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.95 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4B368
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1C06F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9A4A1
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8b16e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 177, 110); /* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.106 70.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2c899',
500: '#e8b16e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8b16e; $custom-light: #f2c899; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8b16e",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 177,
"b": 110
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.951,
"s": 72.619,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.79684,
"c": 0.106,
"h": 70.8
},
"luminance": 0.49726
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8B16E
secondary
#C6D7EC
accent
#69D511
background
#FFFCF9
surface
#FFF8F2
border
#D7D1CC
text
#17130E
muted
#85827E