#E6AE31#E6AE31

#E6AE31 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.147 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE31
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 49)
HSL	hsl(41, 78%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(41, 79%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 78.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, 9.44, 67.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 67.83, 82.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.27% 0.019 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(78.27% 0.147 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.3268, 47.3205, 9.4936)
Luminance	0.4732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE31 #3169E6

analogous

#E65331 #E6AE31 #C4E631

triadic

#E6AE31 #31E6AE #AE31E6

tetradic

#E6AE31 #31E653 #3169E6 #E631C4

square

#E6AE31 #31E653 #3169E6 #E631C4

split-complementary

#E6AE31 #31C4E6 #5331E6

monochromatic

#8C6611 #C28D18 #E6AE31 #EDC368 #F3D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E6AE31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#E6AE31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE31

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE31	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BD37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FA9D96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.147 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c573',
    500: '#e6ae31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae31;
$custom-light: #f3c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.436,
    "s": 78.355,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78274,
    "c": 0.14688,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE31

secondary

#93ABE0

accent

#6FF533

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8ED

border

#D7D1C8

text

#181209

muted

#86817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE31

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

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