#E6AD57#E6AD57

#E6AD57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.123 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AD57
RGB	rgb(230, 173, 87)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.45, 11.88, 51.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.45, 52.72, 76.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% 0.0307 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.123 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2999, 47.4018, 15.5679)
Luminance	0.4740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AD57 #5790E6

analogous

#E66657 #E6AD57 #D7E657

triadic

#E6AD57 #57E6AD #AD57E6

tetradic

#E6AD57 #57E666 #5790E6 #E657D7

square

#E6AD57 #57E666 #5790E6 #E657D7

split-complementary

#E6AD57 #57D7E6 #6657E6

monochromatic

#A97019 #DE9322 #E6AD57 #EEC78C #F6E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E6AD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#E6AD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AD57

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AD57	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ad57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 173, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.123 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c589',
    500: '#e6ad57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ad57;
$custom-light: #f2c589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ad57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.084,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78409,
    "c": 0.12267,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AD57

secondary

#B2C7E7

accent

#5FD60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AD57

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

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