#E6A261#E6A261

#E6A261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.115 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A261
RGB	rgb(230, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(29, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(29, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, 18.44, 43.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 47.22, 67.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.47% 0.0515 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(76.47% 0.115 63.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7140, 43.5305, 17.1962)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A261 #61A5E6

analogous

#E66163 #E6A261 #E6E461

triadic

#E6A261 #61E6A2 #A261E6

tetradic

#E6A261 #63E661 #61A5E6 #E461E6

square

#E6A261 #63E661 #61A5E6 #E461E6

split-complementary

#E6A261 #61E6E4 #6163E6

monochromatic

#B1651C #DE832C #E6A261 #EEC196 #F7E0CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E6A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#E6A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A261

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A261	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A75B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99393

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.115 63.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd8f',
    500: '#e6a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a261;
$custom-light: #f2bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.323,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7647,
    "c": 0.11493,
    "h": 63.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A261

secondary

#BAD2E9

accent

#75D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A261

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

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