Information about #E6B559 color
Basic facts about this digital color
#E6B559 is a strongly colored warm orange that has a delicate, washed-out lightness. It is a natural fit for airy backdrops, whitespace-heavy designs and gentle gradients. In The Official Register of Color Names it is almost identical to Sunkissed (#E6B553). Slightly further away sit Dirty Mustard (#E2B45F) and Lanzones (#E0BC5B).
Technically, the mix leans on its red channel (rgb(230, 181, 89)), which gives #E6B559 its character. On this background, black text reaches a 11.1:1 contrast ratio (passing WCAG AAA); white stays at 1.9:1. Out of 16,777,216 possible colors, #E6B559 is still unnamed — it can be claimed and named in The Official Register of Color Names.
#E6B559 color variations
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#E6B559 color tints
Tints look brighter, pastel, and less intense.
#E6B559 color shades
Shades look darker, richer, and more solid.
#E6B559 color tones
Tones looks more sophisticated and complex than base colors.
#E6B559 color hues
A hue refers to the basic neighbors of color and is variation of base color on the color wheel.
#E6B559 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 #E6B559 color
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Nearest named colors to #E6B559
The closest officially registered color names in the Register, ordered by similarity — your shade’s neighborhood is already being claimed.
#E6B553
#E2B45F
#E0BC5B
#E7AF51
#E1BC5F
#E3AB57
#EAB563
#F0B253
#DDAD56
#E3A857
#EBC155
#E1A95F
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Conversions between color systems and etc.
- HEX#E6B559
- RGB230, 181, 89
- CMYK0, 19, 55, 10
- CSSrgb(230, 181, 89)
- HSL39°, 74%, 63%
- HSL Precise39.149°, 73.822%, 62.549%
- HSV39°, 61%, 90%
- HSB39°, 61%, 90%
- Normalized R (0.0–1.0)0.902
- Normalized G (0.0–1.0)0.710
- Normalized B (0.0–1.0)0.349
- GLSLvec3(0.902, 0.710, 0.349)
- GLSL with alphavec4(0.902, 0.710, 0.349, 1.000)
- HLSL / Metalfloat3(0.902, 0.710, 0.349)
- Percentage of Red in RGB90.2%
- Percentage of Green in RGB71%
- Percentage of Blue in RGB34.9%
- Color FamilyOrange
- Saturation FamilyHigh Saturation
- Lightness FamilyVery Light
- HEX IDE6B559
- DECIMAL ID15119705
- Name LengthThis color has no name
- Seen by search & AI crawlers12 times
- Counting from2025-01-01
