#E6A549#E6A549

#E6A549 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.442; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.132 H 72.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A549
RGB	rgb(230, 165, 73)
HSL	hsl(35, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(35, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.37, 15.29, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.37, 57.63, 74.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.75% 0.0389 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(76.75% 0.132 72.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.2940, 44.2181, 12.3461)
Luminance	0.4421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A549 #498AE6

analogous

#E65749 #E6A549 #D9E649

triadic

#E6A549 #49E6A5 #A549E6

tetradic

#E6A549 #49E657 #498AE6 #E649D9

square

#E6A549 #49E657 #498AE6 #E649D9

split-complementary

#E6A549 #49D9E6 #5749E6

monochromatic

#9F6616 #D5891D #E6A549 #EDC07F #F5DAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#E6A549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.84

#E6A549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A549

9.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A549	1.00	2.13	9.84	9.84
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA83E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 165, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.132 72.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bf80',
    500: '#e6a549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a549;
$custom-light: #f2bf80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.159,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76747,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 72.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A549

secondary

#A7C0E4

accent

#84F235

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A549

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

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