Information about #E6B85C color

#E6B85C color image

Basic facts about this digital color

#E6B85C falls into the Orange Color Family — High Saturation, Very Light brightness. The mix behind it: rgb(230, 184, 92) — 90.2% red, 72.2% green, 36.1% blue; the print equivalent is CMYK 0 / 18 / 54 / 10. Curious how these numbers work? Read our RGB color codes guide.

A strongly colored warm orange, #E6B85C has a delicate, washed-out lightness. Expect to see shades like this in airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Dirty Mustard (#E2B45F). Slightly further away sit Golden Fleece (#E1BC5F) and Lanzones (#E0BC5B).

The recipe behind #E6B85C is rgb(230, 184, 92), with red as the dominant ingredient. On this background, black text reaches a 11.4:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.8:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E6B85C is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.

#E6B85C color variations

View this color variations of tints, shades, tones and hues.

#E6B85C 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.

Complementary color schemes

Split complementary

Split complementary schemes are like complementary but they uses two adiacent colors of the complement. They are more flexible than complementary ones.

Split complementary color scheme

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.

Analogous color scheme

Triadic

Triadic color schemes are created by picking three colors equally spaced on the color wheel. They appear quite contrasted and multicolored.

Triadic color scheme

Tetradic

Tetradic color schemes are made form two couples of complementary colors in a rectangular shape on the color wheel.

Tetradic color scheme

Square

Square color schemes are like tetradic arranged in a square instead of rectangle. Colors appear even more contrasting.

Square color scheme

Nearest named colors to #E6B85C

The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.

Lanzones color link
Lanzones

#E0BC5B

Rich Caramel color link
Rich Caramel

#EAB563

Sunkissed color link
Sunkissed

#E6B553

Starbell color link
Starbell

#EBC155

Sunray color link
Sunray

#E3AB57

Equator color link
Equator

#DAB160

Casablanca color link
Casablanca

#F0B253

Conversions between color systems and etc.

  • HEX#E6B85C
  • RGB230, 184, 92
  • CMYK0, 18, 54, 10
  • CSSrgb(230, 184, 92)
  • HSL40°, 73%, 63%
  • HSL Precise40°, 73.404%, 63.137%
  • HSV40°, 60%, 90%
  • HSB40°, 60%, 90%
  • Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.902
  • Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.722
  • Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.361
  • GLSLvec3(0.902, 0.722, 0.361)
  • GLSL with alphavec4(0.902, 0.722, 0.361, 1.000)
  • HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.902, 0.722, 0.361)
  • Percentage of Red in RGB90.2%
  • Percentage of Green in RGB72.2%
  • Percentage of Blue in RGB36.1%
  • Color FamilyOrange
  • Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
  • Lightness FamilyVery Light
  • HEX IDE6B85C
  • DECIMAL ID15120476
  • Name LengthThis color has no name
  • Seen by search & AI crawlers19 times
  • Counting from2025-01-01