#E6AE4A#E6AE4A

#E6AE4A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.132 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE4A
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(38, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.57, 10.56, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.57, 58.42, 79.58°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% 0.0252 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.132 79)
XYZ	xyz(49.0082, 47.5931, 13.0824)
Luminance	0.4759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE4A #4A82E6

analogous

#E6604A #E6AE4A #D0E64A

triadic

#E6AE4A #4AE6AE #AE4AE6

tetradic

#E6AE4A #4AE660 #4A82E6 #E64AD0

square

#E6AE4A #4AE660 #4A82E6 #E64AD0

split-complementary

#E6AE4A #4AD0E6 #604AE6

monochromatic

#A06E16 #D5931D #E6AE4A #EDC680 #F5DEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E6AE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#E6AE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE4A

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE4A	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)

#C4AF3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.132 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c681',
    500: '#e6ae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae4a;
$custom-light: #f2c681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.462,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78465,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.4759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE4A

secondary

#A8BDE4

accent

#79F235

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE4A

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

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