#E6A160#E6A160
#E6A160 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.116 H 62.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A160 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 161, 96) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 58%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 58.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.66, 18.90, 43.68) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.66, 47.59, 66.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.27% 0.0527 0.1031) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.27% 0.116 62.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.4922, 43.1610, 16.8937) |
| Luminance | 0.4316 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.79
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.81
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.09
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.14
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 6.25
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 6.73
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A160 #60A5E6
analogous
#E66062 #E6A160 #E6E460
triadic
#E6A160 #60E6A1 #A160E6
tetradic
#E6A160 #62E660 #60A5E6 #E460E6
square
#E6A160 #62E660 #60A5E6 #E460E6
split-complementary
#E6A160 #60E6E4 #6062E6
monochromatic
#B0641C #DE822B #E6A160 #EEC095 #F7E0CA
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E6A160 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.63
#E6A160 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A160
9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A160 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A160 | 1.00 | 2.18 | 9.63 | 9.63 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.18 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.63 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A65A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C7B661
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99292
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a160; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 161, 96); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.116 62.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bd8f',
500: '#e6a160',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a160; $custom-light: #f2bd8f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a160",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 161,
"b": 96
},
"hsl": {
"h": 29.104,
"s": 72.826,
"l": 63.922
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76272,
"c": 0.1158,
"h": 62.9
},
"luminance": 0.43157
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A160
secondary
#B9D2E8
accent
#76D511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D