#E6A43A#E6A43A

#E6A43A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.140 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A43A
RGB	rgb(230, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(37, 77%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 75%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 74.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, 15.10, 61.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 63.41, 76.23°)
OKLab	oklab(76.43% 0.0364 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.43% 0.14 75)
XYZ	xyz(46.6756, 43.6833, 9.9756)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A43A #3A7CE6

analogous

#E64E3A #E6A43A #D2E63A

triadic

#E6A43A #3AE6A4 #A43AE6

tetradic

#E6A43A #3AE64E #3A7CE6 #E63AD2

square

#E6A43A #3AE64E #3A7CE6 #E63AD2

split-complementary

#E6A43A #3AD2E6 #4E3AE6

monochromatic

#936213 #C9861A #E6A43A #EDBD70 #F4D6A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#E6A43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#E6A43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A43A

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A43A	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA938F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.140 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3be77',
    500: '#e6a43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a43a;
$custom-light: #f3be77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.977,
    "s": 77.477,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7643,
    "c": 0.14042,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.43679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A43A

secondary

#9BB6E1

accent

#7EF434

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF6ED

border

#D7D0C8

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A43A

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

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