#E6994E#E6994E

#E6994E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.402; OKLCH L 74.6% C 0.129 H 62.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6994E
RGB	rgb(230, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(30, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(30, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 33.5%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.58, 21.96, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.58, 54.78, 66.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.59% 0.0593 0.115)
OKLCH	oklch(74.59% 0.129 62.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.4027, 40.1596, 12.5666)
Luminance	0.4016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6994E #4E9BE6

analogous

#E64E4F #E6994E #E6E54E

triadic

#E6994E #4EE699 #994EE6

tetradic

#E6994E #4FE64E #4E9BE6 #E54EE6

square

#E6994E #4FE64E #4E9BE6 #E54EE6

split-complementary

#E6994E #4EE6E5 #4E4FE6

monochromatic

#A35C17 #D87A1F #E6994E #EEB884 #F5D7B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#E6994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.03

#E6994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6994E

9.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6994E	1.00	2.33	9.03	9.03
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19F46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B14F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA8888

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.6% 0.129 62.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3b782',
    500: '#e6994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6994e;
$custom-light: #f3b782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 29.605,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74589,
    "c": 0.12935,
    "h": 62.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6994E

secondary

#ABC8E5

accent

#74D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18110B

muted

#86807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6994E

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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