#E6AA79#E6AA79
#E6AA79 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.096 H 60.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6AA79 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 170, 121) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 69%, 69%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 47%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 47.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(74.16, 16.24, 33.82) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(74.16, 37.52, 64.35°) |
| OKLab | oklab(78.33% 0.0478 0.0828) |
| OKLCH | oklch(78.33% 0.096 60) |
| XYZ | xyz(50.4614, 46.9563, 24.4911) |
| Luminance | 0.4695 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 4.86
Peach (survey)
#FFB07C
ΔE00 4.95
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 5.35
Burlywood
#DEB887
ΔE00 6.71
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 7.08
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 7.77
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6AA79 #79B5E6
analogous
#E6797F #E6AA79 #E6E079
triadic
#E6AA79 #79E6AA #AA79E6
tetradic
#E6AA79 #7FE679 #79B5E6 #E079E6
square
#E6AA79 #7FE679 #79B5E6 #E079E6
split-complementary
#E6AA79 #79E6E0 #797FE6
monochromatic
#C16A24 #DC8945 #E6AA79 #F0CBAD #F9EBE0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.02
#E6AA79 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
10.39
#E6AA79 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6AA79
10.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6AA79 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6AA79 | 1.00 | 2.02 | 10.39 | 10.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.02 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 10.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 10.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#BCAE75
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#CABC7A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F79E9E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B6B6B6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6aa79; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 170, 121); /* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.096 60.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0c3a0',
500: '#e6aa79',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6aa79; $custom-light: #f0c3a0; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6aa79",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 170,
"b": 121
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.972,
"s": 68.553,
"l": 68.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.78331,
"c": 0.09562,
"h": 60
},
"luminance": 0.46953
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6AA79
secondary
#CDDFEE
accent
#7CD015
background
#FFFCF9
surface
#FEF8F2
border
#D6D1CC
text
#17120F
muted
#85817E