#E6AC59#E6AC59

#E6AC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.121 H 74.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AC59
RGB	rgb(230, 172, 89)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(35, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, 12.55, 50.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 51.69, 75.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% 0.033 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.121 74.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.1917, 47.0529, 15.9405)
Luminance	0.4705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AC59 #5993E6

analogous

#E66559 #E6AC59 #DAE659

triadic

#E6AC59 #59E6AC #AC59E6

tetradic

#E6AC59 #59E665 #5993E6 #E659DA

square

#E6AC59 #59E665 #5993E6 #E659DA

split-complementary

#E6AC59 #59DAE6 #6559E6

monochromatic

#AB6F1A #DE9124 #E6AC59 #EEC78E #F6E1C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E6AC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#E6AC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AC59

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AC59	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ac59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 172, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.121 74.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c48a',
    500: '#e6ac59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ac59;
$custom-light: #f2c48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ac59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.319,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78242,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 74.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AC59

secondary

#B4C9E7

accent

#61D610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AC59

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

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