#E6A162#E6A162

#E6A162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.114 H 62.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A162
RGB	rgb(230, 161, 98)
HSL	hsl(29, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, 19.05, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 46.75, 65.95°)
OKLab	oklab(76.3% 0.0535 0.1011)
OKLCH	oklch(76.3% 0.114 62.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.5854, 43.1983, 17.3848)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A162 #62A7E6

analogous

#E66265 #E6A162 #E6E362

triadic

#E6A162 #62E6A1 #A162E6

tetradic

#E6A162 #65E662 #62A7E6 #E362E6

square

#E6A162 #65E662 #62A7E6 #E362E6

split-complementary

#E6A162 #62E6E3 #6265E6

monochromatic

#B1631C #DE812D #E6A162 #EEC197 #F7E0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E6A162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#E6A162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A162

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A162	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A65D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99292

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 161, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.114 62.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd90',
    500: '#e6a162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a162;
$custom-light: #f2bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 28.636,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.763,
    "c": 0.11438,
    "h": 62.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43195
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A162

secondary

#BBD3E9

accent

#77D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A162

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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