#E6B162#E6B162

#E6B162 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.115 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B162
RGB	rgb(230, 177, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.55, 10.54, 47.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.55, 48.47, 77.44°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% 0.0282 0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.115 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5625, 49.1525, 18.3771)
Luminance	0.4915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B162 #6297E6

analogous

#E66F62 #E6B162 #D9E662

triadic

#E6B162 #62E6B1 #B162E6

tetradic

#E6B162 #62E66F #6297E6 #E662D9

square

#E6B162 #62E66F #6297E6 #E662D9

split-complementary

#E6B162 #62D9E6 #6F62E6

monochromatic

#B1751C #DE972D #E6B162 #EECB97 #F7E5CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E6B162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#E6B162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B162

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B162	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 177, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.115 75.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c891',
    500: '#e6b162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b162;
$custom-light: #f1c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.909,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7931,
    "c": 0.1148,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B162

secondary

#BBCDE9

accent

#5FD511

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B162

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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