#E6AA45#E6AA45

#E6AA45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.135 H 77.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AA45
RGB	rgb(230, 170, 69)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(38, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.55, 12.42, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.55, 59.87, 78.03°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% 0.0299 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.135 77.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.0852, 46.0058, 11.9765)
Luminance	0.4600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AA45 #4581E6

analogous

#E65945 #E6AA45 #D1E645

triadic

#E6AA45 #45E6AA #AA45E6

tetradic

#E6AA45 #45E659 #4581E6 #E645D1

square

#E6AA45 #45E659 #4581E6 #E645D1

split-complementary

#E6AA45 #45D1E6 #5945E6

monochromatic

#9C6915 #D28E1C #E6AA45 #EDC37B #F5DBB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E6AA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#E6AA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AA45

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AA45	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6aa45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 170, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.135 77.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c37e',
    500: '#e6aa45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6aa45;
$custom-light: #f3c37e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6aa45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.64,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77655,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 77.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AA45

secondary

#A4BBE3

accent

#7CF335

background

#FFFBF7

surface

#FFF7EE

border

#D7D0C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AA45

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

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