#E6AE4B#E6AE4B

#E6AE4B is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.132 H 78.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6AE4B
RGBrgb(230, 174, 75)
HSLhsl(38, 76%, 60%)
HSVhsv(38, 67%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.3%, 67.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.58, 10.62, 57.03)
CIE-LCHlch(74.58, 58.01, 79.45°)
OKLaboklab(78.47% 0.0255 0.1291)
OKLCHoklch(78.47% 0.132 78.8)
XYZxyz(49.0422, 47.6067, 13.2612)
Luminance0.4760 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6AE4B #4B83E6
analogous
#E6614B #E6AE4B #D0E64B
triadic
#E6AE4B #4BE6AE #AE4BE6
tetradic
#E6AE4B #4BE661 #4B83E6 #E64BD0
square
#E6AE4B #4BE661 #4B83E6 #E64BD0
split-complementary
#E6AE4B #4BD0E6 #614BE6
monochromatic
#A06E16 #D6931E #E6AE4B #EDC681 #F5DEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00
#E6AE4B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52
#E6AE4B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE4B
10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6AE4B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6AE4B1.002.0010.5210.52
#FFFFFF2.001.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5221.001.001.00
##00000010.5221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C4AF40
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D1BD4E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99E99
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6ae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.132 78.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c682',
    500: '#e6ae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6ae4b;
$custom-light: #f2c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6ae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.323,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78475,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 78.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6AE4B
secondary
#A8BEE4
accent
#7AF236
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8EF
border
#D7D1CA
text
#18120B
muted
#86817C

Preview Lab

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#E6AE4B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva