#E6AE49#E6AE49

#E6AE49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.133 H 79.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE49
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(39, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(39, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.56, 10.51, 57.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.56, 58.84, 79.71°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% 0.0249 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.133 79.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.9748, 47.5797, 12.9064)
Luminance	0.4758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE49 #4981E6

analogous

#E66049 #E6AE49 #CFE649

triadic

#E6AE49 #49E6AE #AE49E6

tetradic

#E6AE49 #49E660 #4981E6 #E649CF

square

#E6AE49 #49E660 #4981E6 #E649CF

split-complementary

#E6AE49 #49CFE6 #6049E6

monochromatic

#9F6E16 #D5931D #E6AE49 #EDC67F #F5DEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E6AE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#E6AE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE49

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE49	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.133 79.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c580',
    500: '#e6ae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae49;
$custom-light: #f2c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.599,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78456,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 79.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE49

secondary

#A7BDE4

accent

#79F235

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE49

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