#E8BC72#E8BC72
#E8BC72 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.105 H 79.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8BC72 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 188, 114) |
| HSL | hsl(38, 72%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(38, 51%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 19%, 50.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.66, 6.87, 43.16) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.66, 43.71, 80.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.86% 0.0192 0.1035) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.86% 0.105 79.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.3015, 54.3402, 23.5449) |
| Luminance | 0.5434 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 4.84
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 5.35
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 5.81
Fawn
#CFAF7B
ΔE00 6.12
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.18
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 6.63
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8BC72 #729EE8
analogous
#E88172 #E8BC72 #D9E872
triadic
#E8BC72 #72E8BC #BC72E8
tetradic
#E8BC72 #72E881 #729EE8 #E872D9
square
#E8BC72 #72E881 #729EE8 #E872D9
split-complementary
#E8BC72 #72D9E8 #8172E8
monochromatic
#C0841F #DFA33D #E8BC72 #F1D5A7 #F9EEDB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.77
#E8BC72 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.87
#E8BC72 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8BC72
11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8BC72 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8BC72 | 1.00 | 1.77 | 11.87 | 11.87 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.77 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.87 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CEBC6C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C774
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9AFAA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C3C3C3
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8bc72; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 188, 114); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.105 79.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d09c',
500: '#e8bc72',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8bc72; $custom-light: #f2d09c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8bc72",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 188,
"b": 114
},
"hsl": {
"h": 37.627,
"s": 71.951,
"l": 67.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81861,
"c": 0.10526,
"h": 79.5
},
"luminance": 0.54337
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8BC72
secondary
#3F6FBF
accent
#5AD411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF5
border
#D7D4CF
text
#17130E
muted
#85837F