#E88945 is a mid-toned, warm yellow. On the Color Lab it reads organic and grounded. It reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #E88945 works with other colors. Named schemes with #E88945 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
This palette keeps Cadmium Orange as the dominant warm neutral, balanced by muted terracotta and olive earth tones and grounded by a deep espresso anchor.
Cadmium Orange holds the warm center of this desert palette with sand and clay beside it, a muted-sage accent and a dark-brown anchor.
Cadmium Orange opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Cadmium Orange sets a calm, sun-bleached base here, wrapped in bone and paper off-whites and a soft greige, with a single ink accent for wabi-sabi restraint.
Cadmium Orange is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Cadmium Orange carrying the quiet middle.
How #E88945 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #E88945 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #E88945;
--color-base-rgb: 232 137 69;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(71.9% 0.142 53.7);
--color-50: #FEF6F1;
--color-100: #FBE8DA;
--color-200: #F6D1B6;
--color-300: #EAAF85;
--color-400: #DA8E58;
--color-500: #BF6F36;
--color-600: #915930;
--color-700: #674228;
--color-800: #432D1E;
--color-900: #291D14;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
cadmium-orange: {
50: '#FEF6F1',
100: '#FBE8DA',
200: '#F6D1B6',
300: '#EAAF85',
400: '#DA8E58',
500: '#BF6F36',
600: '#915930',
700: '#674228',
800: '#432D1E',
900: '#291D14',
},
}
$base: #E88945; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #FEF6F1; $base-100: #FBE8DA; $base-200: #F6D1B6; $base-300: #EAAF85; $base-400: #DA8E58; $base-500: #BF6F36; $base-600: #915930; $base-700: #674228; $base-800: #432D1E; $base-900: #291D14; $base-hover: #D6691A; $base-subtle: #F2DDCD;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#E88945",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#FEF6F1",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#FBE8DA",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#F6D1B6",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#EAAF85",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#DA8E58",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#BF6F36",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#915930",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#674228",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#432D1E",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#291D14",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}