#E6A166#E6A166
#E6A166 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.112 H 60.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A166 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 161, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(28, 72%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(28, 56%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 30%, 55.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.74, 19.36, 40.70) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.74, 45.07, 64.56°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.36% 0.0549 0.0971) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.36% 0.112 60.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7791, 43.2758, 18.4044) |
| Luminance | 0.4327 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 2.81
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 4.95
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.14
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.31
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.85
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 6.78
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A166 #66ABE6
analogous
#E6666B #E6A166 #E6E166
triadic
#E6A166 #66E6A1 #A166E6
tetradic
#E6A166 #6BE666 #66ABE6 #E166E6
square
#E6A166 #6BE666 #66ABE6 #E166E6
split-complementary
#E6A166 #66E6E1 #666BE6
monochromatic
#B4631D #DD8131 #E6A166 #EFC19B #F7E2CF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.18
#E6A166 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.65
#E6A166 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A166
9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A166 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A166 | 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)
#B6A761
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C6B667
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89293
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a166; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 161, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.112 60.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1bd93',
500: '#e6a166',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a166; $custom-light: #f1bd93; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a166",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 161,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 27.656,
"s": 71.91,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76358,
"c": 0.11153,
"h": 60.5
},
"luminance": 0.43272
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A166
secondary
#BED6EA
accent
#7AD412
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FFF6F1
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817E