#E6A55A#E6A55A
#E6A55A is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 68.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A55A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 165, 90) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 74%, 63%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 61%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 60.9%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(72.55, 16.34, 47.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(72.55, 50.44, 71.10°) |
| OKLab | oklab(76.94% 0.0443 0.1113) |
| OKLCH | oklch(76.94% 0.12 68.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(47.9366, 44.4752, 15.7307) |
| Luminance | 0.4447 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.64
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 4.83
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.35
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.71
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.88
Mango
#FFA62B
ΔE00 6.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A55A #5A9BE6
analogous
#E65F5A #E6A55A #E1E65A
triadic
#E6A55A #5AE6A5 #A55AE6
tetradic
#E6A55A #5AE65F #5A9BE6 #E65AE1
square
#E6A55A #5AE65F #5A9BE6 #E65AE1
split-complementary
#E6A55A #5AE1E6 #5F5AE6
monochromatic
#AC681A #DE8825 #E6A55A #EEC28F #F6DFC4
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.12
#E6A55A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.89
#E6A55A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A55A
9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A55A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A55A | 1.00 | 2.12 | 9.89 | 9.89 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.12 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.89 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BBA953
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CAB85C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99694
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B2B2B2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a55a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 165, 90); /* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 68.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2bf8b',
500: '#e6a55a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a55a; $custom-light: #f2bf8b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a55a",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 165,
"b": 90
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.143,
"s": 73.684,
"l": 62.745
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.76935,
"c": 0.11976,
"h": 68.3
},
"luminance": 0.44471
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A55A
secondary
#B5CCE7
accent
#6CD610
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D