#E6A449#E6A449

#E6A449 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.131 H 72.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A449
RGB	rgb(230, 164, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, 15.82, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 57.53, 74.04°)
OKLab	oklab(76.56% 0.0404 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(76.56% 0.131 72.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.1143, 43.8588, 12.2862)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A449 #498BE6

analogous

#E65649 #E6A449 #DAE649

triadic

#E6A449 #49E6A4 #A449E6

tetradic

#E6A449 #49E656 #498BE6 #E649DA

square

#E6A449 #49E656 #498BE6 #E649DA

split-complementary

#E6A449 #49DAE6 #5649E6

monochromatic

#9F6516 #D5881D #E6A449 #EDBF7F #F5DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#E6A449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#E6A449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A449

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A449	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 164, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.131 72.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3be80',
    500: '#e6a449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a449;
$custom-light: #f3be80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.777,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7656,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 72.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A449

secondary

#A7C1E4

accent

#85F235

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A449

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

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