#E8CA72#E8CA72
#E8CA72 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.113 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E8CA72 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(232, 202, 114) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 72%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 51%, 91%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 50.9%, 9%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.17, -0.43, 47.46) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.17, 47.47, 90.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(84.62% -0.0021 0.113) |
| OKLCH | oklch(84.62% 0.113 91.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(57.4386, 60.6144, 24.5906) |
| Luminance | 0.6061 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 1.76
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 4.22
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 4.46
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.70
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.99
Pale Gold
#FDDE6C
ΔE00 5.74
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E8CA72 #7290E8
analogous
#E88F72 #E8CA72 #CBE872
triadic
#E8CA72 #72E8CA #CA72E8
tetradic
#E8CA72 #72E88F #7290E8 #E872CB
square
#E8CA72 #72E88F #7290E8 #E872CB
split-complementary
#E8CA72 #72CBE8 #8F72E8
monochromatic
#C0971F #DFB63D #E8CA72 #F1DEA7 #F9F2DB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.60
#E8CA72 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.12
#E8CA72 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E8CA72
13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E8CA72 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E8CA72 | 1.00 | 1.60 | 13.12 | 13.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.60 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBC76A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E3D075
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BDB5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CCCCCC
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e8ca72; /* rgb */ color: rgb(232, 202, 114); /* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.113 91.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d99c',
500: '#e8ca72',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e8ca72; $custom-light: #f2d99c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e8ca72",
"rgb": {
"r": 232,
"g": 202,
"b": 114
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.746,
"s": 71.951,
"l": 67.843
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.84624,
"c": 0.11306,
"h": 91.1
},
"luminance": 0.60612
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E8CA72
secondary
#3F60BF
accent
#43D411
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F