#E8B273#E8B273
#E8B273 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.102 H 69.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8B273 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 178, 115) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 72%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 50%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 23.3%, 50.4%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(76.21, 12.24, 39.61) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(76.21, 41.45, 72.83°) |
| OKLab | oklab(79.95% 0.0352 0.0956) |
| OKLCH | oklch(79.95% 0.102 69.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.2960, 50.2377, 23.1587) |
| Luminance | 0.5023 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 4.52
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.68
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 6.23
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 6.45
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 6.85
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 6.96
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8B273 #73A9E8
analogous
#E87773 #E8B273 #E3E873
triadic
#E8B273 #73E8B2 #B273E8
tetradic
#E8B273 #73E877 #73A9E8 #E873E3
square
#E8B273 #73E877 #73A9E8 #E873E3
split-complementary
#E8B273 #73E3E8 #7773E8
monochromatic
#C17720 #DF953E #E8B273 #F1CFA8 #F9ECDC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.90
#E8B273 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.05
#E8B273 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8B273
11.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8B273 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8B273 | 1.00 | 1.90 | 11.05 | 11.05 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.90 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.05 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#C5B56E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1C174
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9A5A2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BCBCBC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8b273; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 178, 115); /* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.102 69.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2c99c',
500: '#e8b273',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8b273; $custom-light: #f2c99c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8b273",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 178,
"b": 115
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.308,
"s": 71.779,
"l": 68.039
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7995,
"c": 0.10186,
"h": 69.8
},
"luminance": 0.50234
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8B273
secondary
#407BC0
accent
#6BD412
background
#FFFDFC
surface
#FFF9F5
border
#D7D2CF
text
#17130E
muted
#85827F