#E6AE4E#E6AE4E

#E6AE4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.129 H 78.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE4E
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(38, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(38, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.60, 10.79, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.60, 56.75, 79.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% 0.0264 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.129 78.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.1473, 47.6487, 13.8148)
Luminance	0.4764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE4E #4E86E6

analogous

#E6624E #E6AE4E #D2E64E

triadic

#E6AE4E #4EE6AE #AE4EE6

tetradic

#E6AE4E #4EE662 #4E86E6 #E64ED2

square

#E6AE4E #4EE662 #4E86E6 #E64ED2

split-complementary

#E6AE4E #4ED2E6 #624EE6

monochromatic

#A36F17 #D8941F #E6AE4E #EEC784 #F5DFB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E6AE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#E6AE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE4E

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE4E	1.00	1.99	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	1.99	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)

#C4AF43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.129 78.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c683',
    500: '#e6ae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae4e;
$custom-light: #f2c683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78504,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 78.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE4E

secondary

#ABC0E5

accent

#58D70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE4E

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

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