#E6A059#E6A059

#E6A059 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.121 H 64.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A059
RGB	rgb(230, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(30, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(30, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 30.4%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.34, 18.93, 46.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.34, 50.50, 67.98°)
OKLab	oklab(76% 0.0519 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(76% 0.121 64.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.0101, 42.6897, 15.2133)
Luminance	0.4269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A059 #599FE6

analogous

#E65A59 #E6A059 #E5E659

triadic

#E6A059 #59E6A0 #A059E6

tetradic

#E6A059 #59E65A #599FE6 #E659E5

square

#E6A059 #59E65A #599FE6 #E659E5

split-complementary

#E6A059 #59E5E6 #5A59E6

monochromatic

#AB631A #DE8224 #E6A059 #EEBE8E #F6DDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#E6A059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#E6A059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A059

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A059	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A552

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B55A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99090

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.121 64.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bc8a',
    500: '#e6a059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a059;
$custom-light: #f2bc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 30.213,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75996,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 64.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42686
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A059

secondary

#B4CDE7

accent

#72D610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A059

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

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