#E6AC31#E6AC31

#E6AC31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.146 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AC31
RGB	rgb(230, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 78.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.90, 10.50, 66.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.90, 67.54, 81.06°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% 0.022 0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.146 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9433, 46.5535, 9.3658)
Luminance	0.4655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AC31 #316BE6

analogous

#E65131 #E6AC31 #C6E631

triadic

#E6AC31 #31E6AC #AC31E6

tetradic

#E6AC31 #31E651 #316BE6 #E631C6

square

#E6AC31 #31E651 #316BE6 #E631C6

split-complementary

#E6AC31 #31C6E6 #5131E6

monochromatic

#8C6411 #C28C18 #E6AC31 #EDC268 #F3D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#E6AC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#E6AC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AC31

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AC31	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.146 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c473',
    500: '#e6ac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ac31;
$custom-light: #f3c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.773,
    "s": 78.355,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77889,
    "c": 0.14635,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AC31

secondary

#93ACE0

accent

#71F533

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AC31

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

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