#E6A970#E6A970
#E6A970 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.103 H 63.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6A970 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 169, 112) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 70%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 51%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 51.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(73.79, 15.94, 38.06) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(73.79, 41.26, 67.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(77.99% 0.0459 0.0919) |
| OKLCH | oklch(77.99% 0.103 63.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(49.7482, 46.3722, 21.6566) |
| Luminance | 0.4637 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.04
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.72
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.85
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.00
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 6.51
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 7.31
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6A970 #70ADE6
analogous
#E67072 #E6A970 #E6E470
triadic
#E6A970 #70E6A9 #A970E6
tetradic
#E6A970 #72E670 #70ADE6 #E470E6
square
#E6A970 #72E670 #70ADE6 #E470E6
split-complementary
#E6A970 #70E6E4 #7072E6
monochromatic
#BB6B21 #DD8A3C #E6A970 #EFC8A4 #F8E8D8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.04
#E6A970 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.27
#E6A970 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6A970
10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6A970 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6A970 | 1.00 | 2.04 | 10.27 | 10.27 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.04 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.27 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAD6B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBBB71
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79C9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B5B5B5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6a970; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 169, 112); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.103 63.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1c29a',
500: '#e6a970',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6a970; $custom-light: #f1c29a; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6a970",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 169,
"b": 112
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.983,
"s": 70.238,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.77994,
"c": 0.10277,
"h": 63.4
},
"luminance": 0.46369
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6A970
secondary
#C6DAEC
accent
#76D213
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF7F2
border
#D6D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E