#E6A259#E6A259

#E6A259 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.121 H 66.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A259
RGB	rgb(230, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 17.87, 47.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 50.62, 69.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% 0.0487 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.121 66.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3596, 43.3887, 15.3298)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A259 #599DE6

analogous

#E65C59 #E6A259 #E3E659

triadic

#E6A259 #59E6A2 #A259E6

tetradic

#E6A259 #59E65C #599DE6 #E659E3

square

#E6A259 #59E65C #599DE6 #E659E3

split-complementary

#E6A259 #59E3E6 #5C59E6

monochromatic

#AB651A #DE8424 #E6A259 #EEC08E #F6DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E6A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#E6A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A259

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A259	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.121 66.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd8a',
    500: '#e6a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a259;
$custom-light: #f2bd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.064,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76365,
    "c": 0.12065,
    "h": 66.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A259

secondary

#B4CCE7

accent

#6FD610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A259

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

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