#e8ac50

Color #e8ac50

A vivid, highly saturated light orange.

Closest named color Sandy Brown #f4a460 · ΔE 12.86 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 5.9

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Conversions

HEX

#e8ac50

RGB

rgb(232, 172, 80)

HSL

hsl(36.3, 76.8%, 61.2%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(36.3, 65.5%, 91%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 25.9%, 65.5%, 9%)

LAB

lab(74.35, 12.81, 54.58)

LCH

lch(74.35, 56.06, 76.79)

OKLCH

oklch(78.4%, 0.1287, 75.42)

HWB

hwb(36.3, 31.4%, 9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#508ce8

Analogous

#e86050

#e8ac50

#d8e850

Triadic

#e8ac50

#50e8ac

#ac50e8

Split-complementary

#e8ac50

#50d8e8

#6050e8

Tetradic

#e8ac50

#8ce850

#508ce8

#ac50e8

Square

#e8ac50

#50e860

#508ce8

#e850d8

Shades

Color #e8ac50 mixed toward black.

#e29622

#b87918

#8a5b12

#5c3c0c

#2e1e06

Tints

Color #e8ac50 mixed toward white.

#ecba6d

#f0c88a

#f4d6a8

#f7e3c5

#fbf1e2

Tones

Color #e8ac50 mixed toward gray.

#dba95d

#cfa769

#c2a476

#b5a183

#a99f8f

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

2.01:1

Aa Black text on this color

10.45:1

Black text reads better on this background (10.45:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d1d070 · ΔE 18.2

Deuteranopia

#d4d876 · ΔE 20.1

Tritanopia

#e58286 · ΔE 31.6

Achromatopsia

#b7b7b7 · ΔE 24.8

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e8ac50;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e8ac50]

Related colors

Blanched Almond #ffebcd

Navajo White #ffdead

Papaya Whip #ffefd5

Moccasin #ffe4b5

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Frequently asked questions

#e8ac50 (#e8ac50) is rgb(232, 172, 80) in RGB.

No, #e8ac50 is not one of the 216 web-safe colors — for that, every RGB channel would have to be a multiple of 51.

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