#E6AA59#E6AA59

#E6AA59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AA59
RGB	rgb(230, 170, 89)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(34, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.1%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, 13.61, 49.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 51.42, 74.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.86% 0.0361 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(77.86% 0.121 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.8139, 46.2973, 15.8146)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AA59 #5995E6

analogous

#E66359 #E6AA59 #DCE659

triadic

#E6AA59 #59E6AA #AA59E6

tetradic

#E6AA59 #59E663 #5995E6 #E659DC

square

#E6AA59 #59E663 #5995E6 #E659DC

split-complementary

#E6AA59 #59DCE6 #6359E6

monochromatic

#AB6D1A #DE8F24 #E6AA59 #EEC58E #F6E0C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#E6AA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#E6AA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AA59

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AA59	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6aa59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 170, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c38a',
    500: '#e6aa59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6aa59;
$custom-light: #f2c38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6aa59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.468,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77863,
    "c": 0.12071,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AA59

secondary

#B4CAE7

accent

#64D610

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AA59

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

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