#E6A35E#E6A35E
#E6A35E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.117 H 65.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A35E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 163, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(30, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(30, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.11, 17.69, 45.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.11, 48.56, 68.64°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.61% 0.0489 0.1063) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.61% 0.117 65.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.7536, 43.8293, 16.5323) |
| Luminance | 0.4383 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.42
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 4.85
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.14
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.49
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 6.08
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 7.08
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A35E #5EA1E6
analogous
#E65F5E #E6A35E #E5E65E
triadic
#E6A35E #5EE6A3 #A35EE6
tetradic
#E6A35E #5EE65F #5EA1E6 #E65EE5
square
#E6A35E #5EE65F #5EA1E6 #E65EE5
split-complementary
#E6A35E #5EE5E6 #5F5EE6
monochromatic
#AF661B #DE8529 #E6A35E #EEC193 #F6E0C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.15
#E6A35E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.77
#E6A35E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A35E
9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A35E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A35E | 1.00 | 2.15 | 9.77 | 9.77 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.15 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.77 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B9A858
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C8B75F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99493
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B1B1B1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a35e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 163, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.117 65.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2be8d',
500: '#e6a35e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a35e; $custom-light: #f2be8d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a35e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 163,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 30.441,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76615,
"c": 0.11697,
"h": 65.3
},
"luminance": 0.43826
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A35E
secondary
#B8D0E8
accent
#71D510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D