#E6A165#E6A165

#E6A165 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.112 H 60.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A165
RGB	rgb(230, 161, 101)
HSL	hsl(28, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(28, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30%, 56.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, 19.28, 41.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 45.49, 64.92°)
OKLab	oklab(76.34% 0.0545 0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(76.34% 0.112 60.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.7298, 43.2561, 18.1448)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A165 #65AAE6

analogous

#E6656A #E6A165 #E6E265

triadic

#E6A165 #65E6A1 #A165E6

tetradic

#E6A165 #6AE665 #65AAE6 #E265E6

square

#E6A165 #6AE665 #65AAE6 #E265E6

split-complementary

#E6A165 #65E6E2 #656AE6

monochromatic

#B3631D #DD8130 #E6A165 #EFC19A #F7E1CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#E6A165 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#E6A165 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A165

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A165	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A165	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A660

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B666

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89293

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a165;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 161, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.112 60.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bd92',
    500: '#e6a165',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a165;
$custom-light: #f1bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a165",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 27.907,
    "s": 72.067,
    "l": 64.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76343,
    "c": 0.11224,
    "h": 60.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A165

secondary

#BDD5E9

accent

#7AD411

background

#FFFBF9

surface

#FFF6F1

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A165

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

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