#E6AA56#E6AA56

#E6AA56 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.123 H 73.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AA56
RGB	rgb(230, 170, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.71, 13.41, 51.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.71, 52.73, 75.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.83% 0.0351 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(77.83% 0.123 73.4)
XYZ	xyz(48.6905, 46.2479, 15.1646)
Luminance	0.4624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AA56 #5692E6

analogous

#E66256 #E6AA56 #DAE656

triadic

#E6AA56 #56E6AA #AA56E6

tetradic

#E6AA56 #56E662 #5692E6 #E656DA

square

#E6AA56 #56E662 #5692E6 #E656DA

split-complementary

#E6AA56 #56DAE6 #6256E6

monochromatic

#A96D19 #DE8F21 #E6AA56 #EEC58B #F6E0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E6AA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.25

#E6AA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AA56

10.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AA56	1.00	2.05	10.25	10.25
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6aa56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 170, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.123 73.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c388',
    500: '#e6aa56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6aa56;
$custom-light: #f2c388;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6aa56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77828,
    "c": 0.12296,
    "h": 73.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AA56

secondary

#B1C7E6

accent

#62D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AA56

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

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