#E6AD3E#E6AD3E

#E6AD3E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.140 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AD3E
RGB	rgb(230, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(40, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(40, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 73%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.23, 10.49, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.23, 63.05, 80.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% 0.0235 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.14 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.4494, 47.0616, 11.0885)
Luminance	0.4706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AD3E #3E77E6

analogous

#E6593E #E6AD3E #CBE63E

triadic

#E6AD3E #3EE6AD #AD3EE6

tetradic

#E6AD3E #3EE659 #3E77E6 #E63ECB

square

#E6AD3E #3EE659 #3E77E6 #E63ECB

split-complementary

#E6AD3E #3ECBE6 #593EE6

monochromatic

#966A13 #CC901A #E6AD3E #EDC474 #F4DBAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E6AD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#E6AD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AD3E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AD3E	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)

#C4AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.140 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c57a',
    500: '#e6ad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ad3e;
$custom-light: #f3c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.643,
    "s": 77.064,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7817,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AD3E

secondary

#9EB5E2

accent

#75F434

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AD3E

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

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