#E6A461#E6A461

#E6A461 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.115 H 65.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A461
RGB	rgb(230, 164, 97)
HSL	hsl(30, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.39, 17.38, 44.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.39, 47.34, 68.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.84% 0.0483 0.104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.84% 0.115 65.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.0691, 44.2407, 17.3145)
Luminance	0.4424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A461 #61A3E6

analogous

#E66261 #E6A461 #E5E661

triadic

#E6A461 #61E6A4 #A461E6

tetradic

#E6A461 #61E662 #61A3E6 #E661E5

square

#E6A461 #61E662 #61A3E6 #E661E5

split-complementary

#E6A461 #61E5E6 #6261E6

monochromatic

#B1671C #DE862C #E6A461 #EEC296 #F7E1CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E6A461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#E6A461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A461

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A461	1.00	2.13	9.85	9.85
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A95B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 164, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.115 65.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf8f',
    500: '#e6a461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a461;
$custom-light: #f1bf8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.226,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7684,
    "c": 0.11468,
    "h": 65.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A461

secondary

#BAD1E9

accent

#72D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A461

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

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