#E6A562#E6A562

#E6A562 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.114 H 65.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A562
RGB	rgb(230, 165, 98)
HSL	hsl(30, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(30, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, 16.92, 43.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 46.99, 68.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% 0.0471 0.1037)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.114 65.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.2957, 44.6188, 17.6215)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A562 #62A3E6

analogous

#E66362 #E6A562 #E5E662

triadic

#E6A562 #62E6A5 #A562E6

tetradic

#E6A562 #62E663 #62A3E6 #E662E5

square

#E6A562 #62E663 #62A3E6 #E662E5

split-complementary

#E6A562 #62E5E6 #6362E6

monochromatic

#B1681C #DE872D #E6A562 #EEC397 #F7E2CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E6A562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#E6A562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A562

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A562	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B863

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89695

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 165, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.114 65.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1bf90',
    500: '#e6a562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a562;
$custom-light: #f1bf90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.455,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7704,
    "c": 0.11385,
    "h": 65.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A562

secondary

#BBD2E9

accent

#71D511

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120D

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A562

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

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