#E6AE4C#E6AE4C

#E6AE4C is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.131 H 78.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE4C
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 67%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, 10.68, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 57.59, 79.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% 0.0258 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.131 78.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.0767, 47.6205, 13.4429)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE4C #4C84E6

analogous

#E6614C #E6AE4C #D1E64C

triadic

#E6AE4C #4CE6AE #AE4CE6

tetradic

#E6AE4C #4CE661 #4C84E6 #E64CD1

square

#E6AE4C #4CE661 #4C84E6 #E64CD1

split-complementary

#E6AE4C #4CD1E6 #614CE6

monochromatic

#A16F17 #D7941E #E6AE4C #EDC682 #F5DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E6AE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#E6AE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE4C

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE4C	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)

#C4AF41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.131 78.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c682',
    500: '#e6ae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae4c;
$custom-light: #f2c682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78484,
    "c": 0.1309,
    "h": 78.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE4C

secondary

#A9BFE5

accent

#7AF236

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE4C

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

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