#E6AE45#E6AE45

#E6AE45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.136 H 79.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE45
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, 10.30, 59.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 60.46, 80.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% 0.0238 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.136 79.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.8464, 47.5284, 12.2303)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE45 #457DE6

analogous

#E65D45 #E6AE45 #CEE645

triadic

#E6AE45 #45E6AE #AE45E6

tetradic

#E6AE45 #45E65D #457DE6 #E645CE

square

#E6AE45 #45E65D #457DE6 #E645CE

split-complementary

#E6AE45 #45CEE6 #5D45E6

monochromatic

#9C6D15 #D2931C #E6AE45 #EDC57B #F5DDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E6AE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#E6AE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE45

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE45	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.136 79.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c57e',
    500: '#e6ae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae45;
$custom-light: #f2c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.13,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7842,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 79.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE45

secondary

#A4BAE3

accent

#77F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18120A

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE45

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

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