#E6A959#E6A959

#E6A959 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.121 H 71.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A959
RGB	rgb(230, 169, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, 14.14, 49.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 51.30, 74.00°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% 0.0377 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.121 71.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.6272, 45.9238, 15.7523)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A959 #5996E6

analogous

#E66359 #E6A959 #DCE659

triadic

#E6A959 #59E6A9 #A959E6

tetradic

#E6A959 #59E663 #5996E6 #E659DC

square

#E6A959 #59E663 #5996E6 #E659DC

split-complementary

#E6A959 #59DCE6 #6359E6

monochromatic

#AB6C1A #DE8D24 #E6A959 #EEC58E #F6E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E6A959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#E6A959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A959

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A959	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99A97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 169, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.121 71.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c28a',
    500: '#e6a959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a959;
$custom-light: #f2c28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.043,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77674,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 71.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A959

secondary

#B4CAE7

accent

#65D610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A959

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

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