#E6AA73#E6AA73
#E6AA73 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.100 H 63.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6AA73 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 170, 115) |
| HSL | hsl(29, 70%, 68%) |
| HSV | hsv(29, 50%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 50%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.07, 15.67, 36.85) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.07, 40.05, 66.96°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.23% 0.0455 0.0894) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.23% 0.1 63) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.1048, 46.8137, 22.6133) |
| Luminance | 0.4681 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.33
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 4.82
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 5.67
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 6.27
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 6.31
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 7.60
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6AA73 #73AFE6
analogous
#E67375 #E6AA73 #E6E473
triadic
#E6AA73 #73E6AA #AA73E6
tetradic
#E6AA73 #75E673 #73AFE6 #E473E6
square
#E6AA73 #75E673 #73AFE6 #E473E6
split-complementary
#E6AA73 #73E6E4 #7375E6
monochromatic
#BD6C22 #DD8A3F #E6AA73 #EFCAA7 #F9E9DB
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.03
#E6AA73 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.36
#E6AA73 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6AA73
10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6AA73 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6AA73 | 1.00 | 2.03 | 10.36 | 10.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.03 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BDAE6F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CBBC74
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79D9C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6aa73; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 170, 115); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.100 63.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1c39c',
500: '#e6aa73',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6aa73; $custom-light: #f1c39c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6aa73",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 170,
"b": 115
},
"hsl": {
"h": 28.696,
"s": 69.697,
"l": 67.647
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7823,
"c": 0.10031,
"h": 63
},
"luminance": 0.4681
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6AA73
secondary
#C9DBEC
accent
#77D214
background
#FFFBF9
surface
#FEF7F2
border
#D6D0CC
text
#17120E
muted
#85817E