#E6CC8A#E6CC8A
#E6CC8A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.2% C 0.089 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CC8A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 204, 138) |
| HSL | hsl(43, 65%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(43, 40%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 40%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(82.83, 0.08, 36.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(82.83, 36.22, 89.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.21% 0.0017 0.0891) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.21% 0.089 88.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(58.8149, 61.8460, 32.8792) |
| Luminance | 0.6184 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.58
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 5.70
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.08
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.19
Pale Peach
#FFE5AD
ΔE00 6.24
Very Light Brown
#D3B683
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CC8A #8AA4E6
analogous
#E69E8A #E6CC8A #D2E68A
triadic
#E6CC8A #8AE6CC #CC8AE6
tetradic
#E6CC8A #8AE69E #8AA4E6 #E68AD2
square
#E6CC8A #8AE69E #8AA4E6 #E68AD2
split-complementary
#E6CC8A #8AD2E6 #9E8AE6
monochromatic
#CA9D2B #DBB658 #E6CC8A #F1E2BC #FAF4E6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.57
#E6CC8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.37
#E6CC8A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CC8A
13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CC8A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CC8A | 1.00 | 1.57 | 13.37 | 13.37 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.57 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.37 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DACA85
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E1D18C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C2BB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CECECE
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6cc8a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 138); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.2% 0.089 88.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdbad',
500: '#e6cc8a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6cc8a; $custom-light: #efdbad; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6cc8a",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 204,
"b": 138
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.043,
"s": 64.789,
"l": 72.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85211,
"c": 0.08913,
"h": 88.9
},
"luminance": 0.61844
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CC8A
secondary
#5573BF
accent
#4CCD19
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FEFBF7
border
#D6D4D0
text
#171510
muted
#858481