#e6b981

Color #e6b981

A moderately saturated light orange.

Closest named color Burlywood #deb887 · ΔE 5.02 Nearest Tailwind class orange-300 #ffb86a · ΔE 6.4

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Conversions

HEX

#e6b981

RGB

rgb(230, 185, 129)

HSL

hsl(33.3, 66.9%, 70.4%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(33.3, 43.9%, 90.2%)

CMYK

cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 43.9%, 9.8%)

LAB

lab(77.94, 9.07, 34.52)

LCH

lch(77.94, 35.69, 75.28)

OKLCH

oklch(81.3%, 0.0891, 72.15)

HWB

hwb(33.3, 50.6%, 9.8%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#81aee6

Analogous

#e68781

#e6b981

#e0e681

Triadic

#e6b981

#81e6b9

#b981e6

Split-complementary

#e6b981

#81e0e6

#8781e6

Tetradic

#e6b981

#aee681

#81aee6

#b981e6

Square

#e6b981

#81e687

#81aee6

#e681e0

Shades

Color #e6b981 mixed toward black.

#dc9d4f

#c88028

#96601e

#644014

#32200a

Tints

Color #e6b981 mixed toward white.

#eac596

#eed0ab

#f3dcc0

#f7e8d5

#fbf3ea

Tones

Color #e6b981 mixed toward gray.

#deb889

#d5b792

#cdb69a

#c4b5a3

#bcb4ab

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

1.81:1

Aa Black text on this color

11.62:1

Black text reads better on this background (11.62:1). That passes WCAG AAA (≥7:1) for normal-size text.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#d4d491 · ΔE 15.3

Deuteranopia

#d7da95 · ΔE 16.6

Tritanopia

#e49c9f · ΔE 23.8

Achromatopsia

#c1c1c1 · ΔE 20.1

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Code

CSS

background-color: #e6b981;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#e6b981]

Related colors

Dark Orange #ff8c00

Burlywood #deb887

Bisque #ffe4c4

Antique White #faebd7

Tan #d2b48c

Navajo White #ffdead

Frequently asked questions

#e6b981 (#e6b981) is rgb(230, 185, 129) in RGB.

No, #e6b981 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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