#E6A85E#E6A85E
#E6A85E is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.117 H 69.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A85E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 168, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(33, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(33, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 27%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.31, 15.02, 46.64) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.31, 49.00, 72.15°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.55% 0.0409 0.1094) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.55% 0.117 69.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.6590, 45.6400, 16.8341) |
| Luminance | 0.4564 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.08
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.20
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 5.71
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.77
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.84
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 6.84
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A85E #5E9CE6
analogous
#E6645E #E6A85E #E0E65E
triadic
#E6A85E #5EE6A8 #A85EE6
tetradic
#E6A85E #5EE664 #5E9CE6 #E65EE0
square
#E6A85E #5EE664 #5E9CE6 #E65EE0
split-complementary
#E6A85E #5EE0E6 #645EE6
monochromatic
#AF6B1B #DE8B29 #E6A85E #EEC593 #F6E1C8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.07
#E6A85E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.13
#E6A85E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A85E
10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A85E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A85E | 1.00 | 2.07 | 10.13 | 10.13 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.07 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.13 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDAB57
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCBA60
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99997
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B4B4B4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a85e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 168, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.117 69.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2c18d',
500: '#e6a85e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a85e; $custom-light: #f2c18d; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a85e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 168,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.647,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77548,
"c": 0.11679,
"h": 69.5
},
"luminance": 0.45636
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A85E
secondary
#B8CEE8
accent
#6AD510
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120C
muted
#85817D