#E6A649#E6A649

#E6A649 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.132 H 73.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A649
RGB	rgb(230, 166, 73)
HSL	hsl(36, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(36, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.61, 14.76, 55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.61, 57.74, 75.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% 0.0373 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.132 73.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.4751, 44.5802, 12.4065)
Luminance	0.4458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A649 #4989E6

analogous

#E65849 #E6A649 #D8E649

triadic

#E6A649 #49E6A6 #A649E6

tetradic

#E6A649 #49E658 #4989E6 #E649D8

square

#E6A649 #49E658 #4989E6 #E649D8

split-complementary

#E6A649 #49D8E6 #5849E6

monochromatic

#9F6716 #D58A1D #E6A649 #EDC07F #F5DBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#E6A649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#E6A649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A649

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A649	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA93E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 166, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.132 73.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c080',
    500: '#e6a649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a649;
$custom-light: #f2c080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.541,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76935,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 73.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A649

secondary

#A7C0E4

accent

#82F235

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A649

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

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