#E6C170#E6C170
#E6C170 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.109 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C170 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 193, 112) |
| HSL | hsl(41, 70%, 67%) |
| HSV | hsv(41, 51%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 51.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.69, 3.26, 45.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.69, 45.50, 85.89°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.62% 0.0086 0.1083) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.62% 0.109 85.5) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.6299, 56.1356, 23.2838) |
| Luminance | 0.5613 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.31
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 4.84
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 5.75
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 6.58
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 6.94
Sandstone
#C9AE74
ΔE00 6.97
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C170 #7095E6
analogous
#E68670 #E6C170 #D0E670
triadic
#E6C170 #70E6C1 #C170E6
tetradic
#E6C170 #70E686 #7095E6 #E670D0
square
#E6C170 #70E686 #7095E6 #E670D0
split-complementary
#E6C170 #70D0E6 #8670E6
monochromatic
#BB8B21 #DDAA3C #E6C170 #EFD8A4 #F8EED8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.72
#E6C170 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.23
#E6C170 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C170
12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C170 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C170 | 1.00 | 1.72 | 12.23 | 12.23 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.72 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.23 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D3C069
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCCA73
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6B4AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c170; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 112); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.109 85.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f0d39b',
500: '#e6c170',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c170; $custom-light: #f0d39b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c170",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 193,
"b": 112
},
"hsl": {
"h": 41.186,
"s": 70.238,
"l": 67.059
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82619,
"c": 0.10865,
"h": 85.5
},
"luminance": 0.56133
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C170
secondary
#4066BB
accent
#4FD213
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF5
border
#D6D4CF
text
#17140E
muted
#85837F