#E6A962#E6A962
#E6A962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.114 H 69.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A962 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 169, 98) |
| HSL | hsl(32, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(32, 57%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 57.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.60, 14.79, 44.99) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.60, 47.36, 71.80°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.79% 0.0408 0.1062) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.79% 0.114 69) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.0285, 46.0843, 17.8658) |
| Luminance | 0.4608 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 5.05
Light Orange
#FDAA48
ΔE00 5.39
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.51
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.87
Butterscotch
#FDB147
ΔE00 6.06
Sand Brown
#CBA560
ΔE00 6.85
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A962 #629FE6
analogous
#E66762 #E6A962 #E1E662
triadic
#E6A962 #62E6A9 #A962E6
tetradic
#E6A962 #62E667 #629FE6 #E662E1
square
#E6A962 #62E667 #629FE6 #E662E1
split-complementary
#E6A962 #62E1E6 #6762E6
monochromatic
#B16C1C #DE8C2D #E6A962 #EEC697 #F7E3CC
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.06
#E6A962 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.22
#E6A962 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A962
10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A962 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A962 | 1.00 | 2.06 | 10.22 | 10.22 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.06 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.22 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BEAC5C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CCBB63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F89A98
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a962; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 169, 98); /* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.114 69.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1c290',
500: '#e6a962',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a962; $custom-light: #f1c290; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a962",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 169,
"b": 98
},
"hsl": {
"h": 32.273,
"s": 72.527,
"l": 64.314
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77789,
"c": 0.11375,
"h": 69
},
"luminance": 0.46081
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A962
secondary
#BBD0E9
accent
#6BD511
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF7F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17120D
muted
#85817D