#E6A859#E6A859

#E6A859 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.121 H 71.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A859
RGB	rgb(230, 168, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, 14.67, 49.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 51.18, 73.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.49% 0.0392 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(77.49% 0.121 71)
XYZ	xyz(48.4418, 45.5532, 15.6905)
Luminance	0.4555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A859 #5997E6

analogous

#E66159 #E6A859 #DEE659

triadic

#E6A859 #59E6A8 #A859E6

tetradic

#E6A859 #59E661 #5997E6 #E659DE

square

#E6A859 #59E661 #5997E6 #E659DE

split-complementary

#E6A859 #59DEE6 #6159E6

monochromatic

#AB6B1A #DE8C24 #E6A859 #EEC48E #F6E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E6A859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#E6A859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A859

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A859	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 168, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.121 71.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c18a',
    500: '#e6a859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a859;
$custom-light: #f2c18a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.617,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77485,
    "c": 0.12055,
    "h": 71
  },
  "luminance": 0.4555
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A859

secondary

#B4CAE7

accent

#67D610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A859

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

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