#E6AA49#E6AA49

#E6AA49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.132 H 76.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AA49
RGB	rgb(230, 170, 73)
HSL	hsl(37, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(37, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.58, 12.63, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.58, 58.24, 77.48°)
OKLab	oklab(77.69% 0.0311 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(77.69% 0.132 76.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.2135, 46.0572, 12.6526)
Luminance	0.4605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AA49 #4985E6

analogous

#E65C49 #E6AA49 #D4E649

triadic

#E6AA49 #49E6AA #AA49E6

tetradic

#E6AA49 #49E65C #4985E6 #E649D4

square

#E6AA49 #49E65C #4985E6 #E649D4

split-complementary

#E6AA49 #49D4E6 #5C49E6

monochromatic

#9F6A16 #D58F1D #E6AA49 #EDC37F #F5DCB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E6AA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.21

#E6AA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AA49

10.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AA49	1.00	2.06	10.21	10.21
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6aa49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 170, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.132 76.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c380',
    500: '#e6aa49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6aa49;
$custom-light: #f2c380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6aa49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.07,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77691,
    "c": 0.13211,
    "h": 76.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AA49

secondary

#A7BEE4

accent

#7EF235

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AA49

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

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