#EA8645Flamenco (#EA8645) is a light, saturated orange with an OKLCH hue of 51°, lightness 0.72 and chroma 0.146. It sits on the warm side of the color wheel. In practice it behaves as an accent color: strong in focal moments, dominant over large fields.
| HEX | #EA8645 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(234, 134, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(24, 80%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(24, 71%, 92%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 43%, 71%, 8%) |
| CIE Lab | lab(65.7 33.1 50.4) |
| OKLCH | oklch(0.717 0.146 51) |
Under warm 2700K interior light Flamenco shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change; in north-facing or shaded light it is virtually unchanged. Overall drift across common illuminants is small (max ΔE ≈ 1.1), so it is a lighting-stable choice.
#ed813d — ΔE 1.1, shifts only faintly, with no single dominant change#ef8642 — ΔE 0.9, is virtually unchanged#ea8645 — ΔE 0.0, is virtually unchanged#eb8747 — ΔE 0.3, is virtually unchangedTest Flamenco in the color lighting simulator — sweep it through daylight, warm 2700K light, 4000K LED, and shade alongside the rest of your palette.
Against white it measures 2.63:1 and against black 7.99:1, so black text is the stronger pairing. That pairing passes WCAG AA for body text. Avoid white text on this color entirely.
One color explored: close hues with real lightness and chroma structure, so the palette is the anchor through value rather than a set of colors.
#ffeee4 · #ffb68c · #ea8645 · #ba6123 · #8c4100 · #5b2700
The anchor's neighbours on the wheel — everything shares an undertone, so the chord carries color without anything having to be muted to get along.
#edc36f · #eda553 · #ea8645 · #d67056 · #be5d61 · #a34f67
The mid-gap pairing — sage and mustard, terracotta and olive. A foil rotated 40–65° toward warm or cool: too far to be kin, too near to argue, carried by temperature and a deliberate value offset.
#cbc68f · #ea8645 · #bf6d38 · #746a00 · #793700 · #383300
One deliberately opposed voice — a single restrained counterpoint across the wheel, or temperature against temperature where the anchor is too muted to carry a loud opposite.
#ffe4d5 · #dfbfad · #ea8645 · #008ebe · #84563b · #5a3c2a
The anchor as the only color in the room. True neutrals or complement-warmed near-neutrals let it stay dominant.
#e5f5fd · #ea8645 · #978479 · #495459 · #2f1c11 · #000205
This color as a ground rather than a subject — its own restraint held across a narrow value band, carrying one saturated voice from the opposite temperature.
#e8f4fb · #bfcdd5 · #92a2ab · #182d37 · #000b14 · #ea8645
The opposite hue on the perceptual wheel, tempered to field strength — warm/cool tension without vibration.
#d9dab5 · #ea8645 · #be7c85 · #1967ae · #2a345b · #0c082c
The complement's two neighbours instead of the complement itself — strong contrast with a lower clash risk.
#bddbbf · #ea8645 · #748bcf · #426d74 · #2c3748 · #130d03
Three hues spaced evenly around the wheel; the anchor leads and the other two are held at supporting strength.
#d6fcee · #ea8645 · #1b9f7f · #553d9a · #260956 · #000402
Two complementary pairs offset by 90° — the richest chord, kept usable by a strict lightness hierarchy.
#e2fade · #ea8645 · #5e9a55 · #005a7a · #390043 · #00050c
#F19861 · #F7A97B · #FDBB94 · #FFCDB1 · #FFE0CF
#C46B2E · #9F5117 · #7C3800 · #552400 · #321100
#DC8E5E · #CE9573 · #BF9B86
Its chroma is high enough to carry accents, calls to action, and focal moments; large fields of it will dominate a composition. In palettes it pairs most predictably with its tonal ramp and analogous neighbors; reserve the complementary hue for small, deliberate contrast.