#E6A25D#E6A25D
#E6A25D is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.118 H 64.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A25D |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 162, 93) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 73%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 60%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 59.6%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(71.86, 18.15, 45.43) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(71.86, 48.92, 68.22°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.42% 0.0501 0.1066) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.42% 0.118 64.8) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.5322, 43.4577, 16.2386) |
| Luminance | 0.4345 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.26
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.77
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.19
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.55
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 5.77
Caramel
#C68E4E
ΔE00 7.19
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A25D #5DA1E6
analogous
#E65D5D #E6A25D #E5E65D
triadic
#E6A25D #5DE6A2 #A25DE6
tetradic
#E6A25D #5DE65D #5DA1E6 #E65DE5
square
#E6A25D #5DE65D #5DA1E6 #E65DE5
split-complementary
#E6A25D #5DE5E6 #5D5DE6
monochromatic
#AE651B #DE8428 #E6A25D #EEC092 #F6DFC7
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.17
#E6A25D on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.69
#E6A25D on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A25D
9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A25D | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A25D | 1.00 | 2.17 | 9.69 | 9.69 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.17 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.69 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B8A757
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B65E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99392
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B0B0B0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a25d; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 162, 93); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.118 64.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bd8d',
500: '#e6a25d',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a25d; $custom-light: #f2bd8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a25d",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 162,
"b": 93
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.219,
"s": 73.262,
"l": 63.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76416,
"c": 0.1178,
"h": 64.8
},
"luminance": 0.43454
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A25D
secondary
#B7CFE8
accent
#72D510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D