Information about #E6B15B color
Basic facts about this digital color
A energetic, saturated amber-leaning orange, #E6B15B appears airy and pastel-like. Expect to see shades like this in clean interfaces where content needs room to breathe. In The Official Register of Color Names it is practically indistinguishable from Dirty Mustard (#E2B45F). Its next-closest registered neighbors are Sunray (#E3AB57) and Sunkissed (#E6B553).
The recipe behind #E6B15B is rgb(230, 177, 91), with red as the dominant ingredient. If you plan to put text on a #E6B15B background, choose black — the contrast ratio is 10.8:1 (passing WCAG AAA), while white manages only 1.9:1. Like most of the 16.7 million digital colors, this one is still waiting for a name — naming it takes a minute.
#E6B15B color variations
View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.
#E6B15B color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#E6B15B color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#E6B15B color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#E6B15B color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#E6B15B color harmonies
Color harmonies are pleasing color schemes created according to their position on a color wheel.
Complementary
Complementary color schemes are made by picking two opposite colors con the color wheel. They appear vibrant near to each other.
Split complementary
Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.
Analogous
Analogous color schemes are made by picking three colors that are next to each other on the color wheel. They are perceived as calm and serene.
Triadic
Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.
Tetradic
Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.
Square
Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.
Alternatives to #E6B15B color
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Nearest named colors to #E6B15B
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#E2B45F
#E3AB57
#E6B553
#EAB563
#E1A95F
#E7AF51
#E3A857
#DDAD56
#E0BC5B
#E1BC5F
#F0B253
#DAB160
#E6B15B color backgrounds & wallpapers
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#E6B15B
- RGB230, 177, 91
- CMYK0, 21, 55, 10
- CSSrgb(230, 177, 91)
- HSL37°, 74%, 63%
- HSL Precise37.122°, 73.545%, 62.941%
- HSV37°, 60%, 90%
- HSB37°, 60%, 90%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.902
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.694
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.357
- GLSLvec3(0.902, 0.694, 0.357)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.902, 0.694, 0.357, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.902, 0.694, 0.357)
- Percentage of Red in RGB90.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB69.4%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB35.7%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDE6B15B
- DECIMAL ID15118683
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers21 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
