#E6CD8A#E6CD8A
#E6CD8A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.623; OKLCH L 85.4% C 0.090 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6CD8A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 205, 138) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 65%, 72%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 40%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 40%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(83.08, -0.44, 36.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(83.08, 36.55, 90.69°) |
| OKLab | oklab(85.41% 0.0002 0.0899) |
| OKLCH | oklch(85.41% 0.09 89.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(59.0533, 62.3228, 32.9587) |
| Luminance | 0.6232 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.34
Beige (survey)
#E6DAA6
ΔE00 5.49
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.72
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.94
Pale Peach
#FFE5AD
ΔE00 6.19
Vanilla
#F3E5AB
ΔE00 6.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6CD8A #8AA3E6
analogous
#E69F8A #E6CD8A #D1E68A
triadic
#E6CD8A #8AE6CD #CD8AE6
tetradic
#E6CD8A #8AE69F #8AA3E6 #E68AD1
square
#E6CD8A #8AE69F #8AA3E6 #E68AD1
split-complementary
#E6CD8A #8AD1E6 #9F8AE6
monochromatic
#CA9F2B #DBB758 #E6CD8A #F1E3BC #FAF4E6
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.56
#E6CD8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
13.46
#E6CD8A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6CD8A
13.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6CD8A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6CD8A | 1.00 | 1.56 | 13.46 | 13.46 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.56 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 13.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 13.46 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DBCB85
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E2D28C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F4C3BC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CFCFCF
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6cd8a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 138); /* oklch */ color: oklch(85.4% 0.090 89.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#efdcad',
500: '#e6cd8a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6cd8a; $custom-light: #efdcad; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6cd8a",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 205,
"b": 138
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.696,
"s": 64.789,
"l": 72.157
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.85411,
"c": 0.08987,
"h": 89.9
},
"luminance": 0.62321
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6CD8A
secondary
#5572BF
accent
#4ACD19
background
#FFFEFD
surface
#FEFBF7
border
#D6D4D0
text
#171510
muted
#858481