#E6A157#E6A157
#E6A157 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.122 H 66.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A157 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 161, 87) |
| HSL | hsl(31, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(31, 62%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 62.2%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.56, 18.27, 48.05) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.56, 51.40, 69.19°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.16% 0.0496 0.1116) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.16% 0.122 66) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.1013, 43.0047, 14.8350) |
| Luminance | 0.4300 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.79
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.81
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.02
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.65
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.00
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.67
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A157 #579CE6
analogous
#E65A57 #E6A157 #E3E657
triadic
#E6A157 #57E6A1 #A157E6
tetradic
#E6A157 #57E65A #579CE6 #E657E3
square
#E6A157 #57E65A #579CE6 #E657E3
split-complementary
#E6A157 #57E3E6 #5A57E6
monochromatic
#A96419 #DE8322 #E6A157 #EEBF8C #F6DDC2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.19
#E6A157 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.60
#E6A157 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A157
9.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A157 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A157 | 1.00 | 2.19 | 9.60 | 9.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.19 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A650
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B658
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99190
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a157; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 161, 87); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.122 66.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bc89',
500: '#e6a157',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a157; $custom-light: #f2bc89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a157",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 161,
"b": 87
},
"hsl": {
"h": 31.049,
"s": 74.093,
"l": 62.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76156,
"c": 0.12213,
"h": 66
},
"luminance": 0.43001
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A157
secondary
#B2CBE7
accent
#6FD60F
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D