Information about #E8C15E color

#E8C15E color image

Basic facts about this digital color

In the Register's classification, #E8C15E belongs to the Orange Color Family, featuring High Saturation and Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(232, 193, 94) — 91% red, 75.7% green, 36.9% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 15 / 54 / 9. New to color codes? See our guide to RGB color codes.

The color #E8C15E reads as a strongly colored amber-leaning orange and appears airy and pastel-like. Designers typically reach for tones like this for clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Creme De Banane (#E0C161). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Golden Fleece (#E1BC5F) and Starbell (#EBC155).

In RGB terms — rgb(232, 193, 94) — the red channel does the heavy lifting here. If you plan to put text on a #E8C15E background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 12.2:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.7:1. No one has named #E8C15E so far. Register a name for it and it becomes a permanent record.

#E8C15E color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E8C15E color harmonies

Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.

Complementary

Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

Analogous

Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E8C15E

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Lanzones color link
Lanzones

#E0BC5B

Bardot color link
Bardot

#F3C762

Rich Caramel color link
Rich Caramel

#EAB563

Cream Can color link
Cream Can

#EEC051

Sunkissed color link
Sunkissed

#E6B553

Soft Gold color link
Soft Gold

#E0CD67

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E8C15E
  • RGB232, 193, 94
  • CMYK0, 15, 54, 9
  • CSSrgb(232, 193, 94)
  • HSL43°, 75%, 64%
  • HSL Precise43.043°, 75%, 63.922%
  • HSV43°, 59%, 91%
  • HSB43°, 59%, 91%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.910
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.757
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.369
  • GLSLvec3(0.910, 0.757, 0.369)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.910, 0.757, 0.369, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.910, 0.757, 0.369)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB91%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB75.7%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.9%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE8C15E
  • DECIMAL ID15253854
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01