#E6AD59#E6AD59

#E6AD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.121 H 75.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AD59
RGB	rgb(230, 173, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.47, 12.02, 50.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.47, 51.84, 76.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% 0.0314 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.121 75)
XYZ	xyz(49.3827, 47.4349, 16.0042)
Luminance	0.4743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AD59 #5992E6

analogous

#E66759 #E6AD59 #D8E659

triadic

#E6AD59 #59E6AD #AD59E6

tetradic

#E6AD59 #59E667 #5992E6 #E659D8

square

#E6AD59 #59E667 #5992E6 #E659D8

split-complementary

#E6AD59 #59D8E6 #6759E6

monochromatic

#AB701A #DE9324 #E6AD59 #EEC78E #F6E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E6AD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.49

#E6AD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AD59

10.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AD59	1.00	2.00	10.49	10.49
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ad59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 173, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.121 75.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c58a',
    500: '#e6ad59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ad59;
$custom-light: #f2c58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ad59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.745,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78433,
    "c": 0.12114,
    "h": 75
  },
  "luminance": 0.47431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AD59

secondary

#B4C8E7

accent

#60D610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AD59

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

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