#E6AA51#E6AA51

#E6AA51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.127 H 74.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AA51
RGB	rgb(230, 170, 81)
HSL	hsl(36, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(36, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, 13.09, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 54.88, 76.20°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% 0.0335 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.127 74.7)
XYZ	xyz(48.4960, 46.1702, 14.1405)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AA51 #518DE6

analogous

#E65F51 #E6AA51 #D7E651

triadic

#E6AA51 #51E6AA #AA51E6

tetradic

#E6AA51 #51E65F #518DE6 #E651D7

square

#E6AA51 #51E65F #518DE6 #E651D7

split-complementary

#E6AA51 #51D7E6 #5F51E6

monochromatic

#A56C18 #DA8F1F #E6AA51 #EEC487 #F5DEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E6AA51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#E6AA51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AA51

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AA51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AA51	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6aa51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 170, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.127 74.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c385',
    500: '#e6aa51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6aa51;
$custom-light: #f2c385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6aa51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.839,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77772,
    "c": 0.12659,
    "h": 74.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AA51

secondary

#ADC4E5

accent

#5FD70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AA51

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

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