#E6A255#E6A255

#E6A255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.123 H 67.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A255
RGB	rgb(230, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(32, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, 17.60, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 52.32, 70.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.32% 0.0474 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(76.32% 0.123 67.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.1962, 43.3233, 14.4691)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A255 #5599E6

analogous

#E65A55 #E6A255 #E2E655

triadic

#E6A255 #55E6A2 #A255E6

tetradic

#E6A255 #55E65A #5599E6 #E655E2

square

#E6A255 #55E65A #5599E6 #E655E2

split-complementary

#E6A255 #55E2E6 #5A55E6

monochromatic

#A86519 #DD8521 #E6A255 #EEBF8A #F6DCC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E6A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#E6A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A255

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A255	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.123 67.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd87',
    500: '#e6a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a255;
$custom-light: #f2bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.862,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76317,
    "c": 0.12344,
    "h": 67.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A255

secondary

#B1CAE6

accent

#6DD60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A255

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

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