#E6A062#E6A062
#E6A062 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.115 H 61.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A062 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 160, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 57.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.45, 19.58, 42.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.45, 46.71, 65.21°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.12% 0.055 0.1005) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.12% 0.115 61.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.4114, 42.8502, 17.3268) |
| Luminance | 0.4285 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.66
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.70
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.02
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.20
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.30
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.71
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A062 #62A8E6
analogous
#E66266 #E6A062 #E6E262
triadic
#E6A062 #62E6A0 #A062E6
tetradic
#E6A062 #66E662 #62A8E6 #E262E6
square
#E6A062 #66E662 #62A8E6 #E262E6
split-complementary
#E6A062 #62E6E2 #6266E6
monochromatic
#B1621C #DE802D #E6A062 #EEC097 #F7E0CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E6A062 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.57
#E6A062 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A062
9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A062 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A062 | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.57 | 9.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B6A65D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B563
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99191
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a062; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 160, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.115 61.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bc90',
500: '#e6a062',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a062; $custom-light: #f2bc90; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a062",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 160,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.182,
"s": 72.527,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76116,
"c": 0.11458,
"h": 61.3
},
"luminance": 0.42846
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A062
secondary
#BBD3E9
accent
#79D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D