#E6A559#E6A559

#E6A559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.120 H 68.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A559
RGB	rgb(230, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(32, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(32, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.53, 16.27, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.53, 50.87, 71.35°)
OKLab	oklab(76.92% 0.044 0.1122)
OKLCH	oklch(76.92% 0.12 68.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.8944, 44.4583, 15.5080)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A559 #599AE6

analogous

#E65E59 #E6A559 #E1E659

triadic

#E6A559 #59E6A5 #A559E6

tetradic

#E6A559 #59E65E #599AE6 #E659E1

square

#E6A559 #59E65E #599AE6 #E659E1

split-complementary

#E6A559 #59E1E6 #5E59E6

monochromatic

#AB681A #DE8824 #E6A559 #EEC28E #F6DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E6A559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#E6A559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A559

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A559	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA952

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.120 68.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bf8a',
    500: '#e6a559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a559;
$custom-light: #f2bf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 32.34,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76923,
    "c": 0.12048,
    "h": 68.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A559

secondary

#B4CBE7

accent

#6BD610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A559

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

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