#E6AE4D#E6AE4D

#E6AE4D is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.130 H 78.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE4D
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 66.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, 10.73, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 57.17, 79.18°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% 0.026 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.13 78.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1117, 47.6345, 13.6274)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE4D #4D85E6

analogous

#E6614D #E6AE4D #D2E64D

triadic

#E6AE4D #4DE6AE #AE4DE6

tetradic

#E6AE4D #4DE661 #4D85E6 #E64DD2

square

#E6AE4D #4DE661 #4D85E6 #E64DD2

split-complementary

#E6AE4D #4DD2E6 #614DE6

monochromatic

#A26F17 #D8941E #E6AE4D #EEC683 #F5DFB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#E6AE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#E6AE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE4D

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE4D	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.130 78.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c683',
    500: '#e6ae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae4d;
$custom-light: #f2c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.039,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78494,
    "c": 0.1302,
    "h": 78.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE4D

secondary

#AAC0E5

accent

#58D80E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE4D

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

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