#E6A462#E6A462

#E6A462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.114 H 64.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A462
RGB	rgb(230, 164, 98)
HSL	hsl(30, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.40, 17.45, 43.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.40, 46.92, 68.16°)
OKLab	oklab(76.85% 0.0487 0.103)
OKLCH	oklch(76.85% 0.114 64.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.1160, 44.2594, 17.5616)
Luminance	0.4426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A462 #62A4E6

analogous

#E66262 #E6A462 #E6E662

triadic

#E6A462 #62E6A4 #A462E6

tetradic

#E6A462 #62E662 #62A4E6 #E662E6

square

#E6A462 #62E662 #62A4E6 #E662E6

split-complementary

#E6A462 #62E6E6 #6262E6

monochromatic

#B1671C #DE852D #E6A462 #EEC397 #F7E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E6A462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.85

#E6A462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A462

9.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A462	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)

#B9A95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99594

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 164, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.114 64.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf90',
    500: '#e6a462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a462;
$custom-light: #f1bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76854,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 64.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A462

secondary

#BBD2E9

accent

#73D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A462

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

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