#E6A459#E6A459

#E6A459 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.121 H 67.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A459
RGB	rgb(230, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, 16.80, 47.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 50.78, 70.68°)
OKLab	oklab(76.74% 0.0455 0.1116)
OKLCH	oklch(76.74% 0.121 67.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.7147, 44.0989, 15.4482)
Luminance	0.4410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A459 #599BE6

analogous

#E65E59 #E6A459 #E1E659

triadic

#E6A459 #59E6A4 #A459E6

tetradic

#E6A459 #59E65E #599BE6 #E659E1

square

#E6A459 #59E65E #599BE6 #E659E1

split-complementary

#E6A459 #59E1E6 #5E59E6

monochromatic

#AB671A #DE8724 #E6A459 #EEC18E #F6DEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E6A459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#E6A459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A459

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A459	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA852

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB75A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.121 67.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bf8a',
    500: '#e6a459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a459;
$custom-light: #f2bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.915,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76736,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 67.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A459

secondary

#B4CCE7

accent

#6CD610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A459

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

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