#E8B35E#E8B35E

#E8B35E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E8B35E
RGB	rgb(232, 179, 94)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 59%, 91%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.8%, 59.5%, 9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.20, 10.02, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.20, 51.07, 78.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.85% 0.0261 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(79.85% 0.12 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(51.4220, 50.2076, 17.5701)
Luminance	0.5020 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E8B35E #5E93E8

analogous

#E86E5E #E8B35E #D8E85E

triadic

#E8B35E #5EE8B3 #B35EE8

tetradic

#E8B35E #5EE86E #5E93E8 #E85ED8

square

#E8B35E #5EE86E #5E93E8 #E85ED8

split-complementary

#E8B35E #5ED8E8 #6E5EE8

monochromatic

#B27819 #E09A28 #E8B35E #F0CC94 #F7E6C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E8B35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.04

#E8B35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E8B35E

11.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E8B35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E8B35E	1.00	1.90	11.04	11.04
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FAA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e8b35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 179, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c98e',
    500: '#e8b35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e8b35e;
$custom-light: #f3c98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e8b35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 232,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.957,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79851,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E8B35E

secondary

#3867B3

accent

#5BD70E

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E8B35E

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

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