#E6A056#E6A056
#E6A056 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.123 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A056 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 160, 86) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 62.6%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.31, 18.73, 48.25) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.31, 51.76, 68.78°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.96% 0.0508 0.1119) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.96% 0.123 65.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.8867, 42.6403, 14.5633) |
| Luminance | 0.4264 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.67
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.74
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.11
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.69
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.71
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.87
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A056 #569CE6
analogous
#E65856 #E6A056 #E4E656
triadic
#E6A056 #56E6A0 #A056E6
tetradic
#E6A056 #56E658 #569CE6 #E656E4
square
#E6A056 #56E658 #569CE6 #E656E4
split-complementary
#E6A056 #56E4E6 #5856E6
monochromatic
#A96319 #DE8221 #E6A056 #EEBE8B #F6DCC1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.20
#E6A056 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.53
#E6A056 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A056
9.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A056 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A056 | 1.00 | 2.20 | 9.53 | 9.53 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.20 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.53 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A54F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B557
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9908F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a056; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 160, 86); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.123 65.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bc88',
500: '#e6a056',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a056; $custom-light: #f2bc88; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a056",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 160,
"b": 86
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.833,
"s": 74.227,
"l": 61.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75959,
"c": 0.12293,
"h": 65.6
},
"luminance": 0.42636
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A056
secondary
#B1CBE6
accent
#70D60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120B
muted
#85817C