#E6A359#E6A359

#E6A359 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.121 H 67.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A359
RGB	rgb(230, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(31, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(31, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.1%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, 17.33, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 50.70, 70.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% 0.0471 0.111)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.121 67)
XYZ	xyz(47.5365, 43.7424, 15.3887)
Luminance	0.4374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A359 #599CE6

analogous

#E65C59 #E6A359 #E3E659

triadic

#E6A359 #59E6A3 #A359E6

tetradic

#E6A359 #59E65C #599CE6 #E659E3

square

#E6A359 #59E65C #599CE6 #E659E3

split-complementary

#E6A359 #59E3E6 #5C59E6

monochromatic

#AB661A #DE8624 #E6A359 #EEC08E #F6DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E6A359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#E6A359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A359

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A359	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.121 67.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2be8a',
    500: '#e6a359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a359;
$custom-light: #f2be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.489,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7655,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 67
  },
  "luminance": 0.43739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A359

secondary

#B4CCE7

accent

#6ED610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A359

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

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