#E6A15B#E6A15B
#E6A15B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.119 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A15B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 161, 91) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 60.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.60, 18.54, 46.12) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.60, 49.71, 68.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.21% 0.051 0.1079) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.21% 0.119 64.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.2693, 43.0719, 15.7196) |
| Luminance | 0.4307 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.25
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.71
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.33
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.50
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.55
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 7.07
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A15B #5BA0E6
analogous
#E65B5B #E6A15B #E5E65B
triadic
#E6A15B #5BE6A1 #A15BE6
tetradic
#E6A15B #5BE65B #5BA0E6 #E65BE5
square
#E6A15B #5BE65B #5BA0E6 #E65BE5
split-complementary
#E6A15B #5BE5E6 #5B5BE6
monochromatic
#AC641A #DE8326 #E6A15B #EEBF90 #F6DEC5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E6A15B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.61
#E6A15B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A15B
9.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A15B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A15B | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.61 | 9.61 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.61 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A655
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B65C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99191
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AFAFAF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a15b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 161, 91); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.119 64.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bc8b',
500: '#e6a15b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a15b; $custom-light: #f2bc8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a15b",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 161,
"b": 91
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.216,
"s": 73.545,
"l": 62.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76206,
"c": 0.11934,
"h": 64.7
},
"luminance": 0.43068
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A15B
secondary
#B5CEE7
accent
#72D610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D