#E3A166#E3A166
#E3A166 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.109 H 61.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E3A166 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(227, 161, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 69%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 55%, 89%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 55.1%, 11%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.41, 18.14, 40.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.41, 44.11, 65.72°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.02% 0.0515 0.0961) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.02% 0.109 61.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8243, 42.7835, 18.3597) |
| Luminance | 0.4278 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.37
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.49
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.52
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.73
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.42
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 7.14
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E3A166 #66A8E3
analogous
#E3666A #E3A166 #E3E066
triadic
#E3A166 #66E3A1 #A166E3
tetradic
#E3A166 #6AE366 #66A8E3 #E066E3
square
#E3A166 #6AE366 #66A8E3 #E066E3
split-complementary
#E3A166 #66E3E0 #666AE3
monochromatic
#AF6320 #DA8132 #E3A166 #ECC19A #F6E1CD
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E3A166 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.56
#E3A166 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E3A166
9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E3A166 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E3A166 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.56 | 9.56 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.56 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B5A661
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C5B567
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F59393
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e3a166; /* rgb */ color: rgb(227, 161, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.109 61.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efbd93',
500: '#e3a166',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e3a166; $custom-light: #efbd93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e3a166",
"rgb": {
"r": 227,
"g": 161,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.32,
"s": 69.061,
"l": 64.51
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76024,
"c": 0.10897,
"h": 61.8
},
"luminance": 0.4278
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E3A166
secondary
#BDD4E8
accent
#78D114
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF6F1
border
#D6D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E