#E6AE51#E6AE51

#E6AE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.127 H 77.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE51
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.63, 10.97, 54.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.63, 55.47, 78.59°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% 0.0273 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.127 77.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.2573, 47.6927, 14.3943)
Luminance	0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE51 #5189E6

analogous

#E66351 #E6AE51 #D3E651

triadic

#E6AE51 #51E6AE #AE51E6

tetradic

#E6AE51 #51E663 #5189E6 #E651D3

square

#E6AE51 #51E663 #5189E6 #E651D3

split-complementary

#E6AE51 #51D3E6 #6351E6

monochromatic

#A57018 #DA941F #E6AE51 #EEC787 #F5E0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E6AE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#E6AE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE51

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE51	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.127 77.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c685',
    500: '#e6ae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae51;
$custom-light: #f2c685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.45,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78535,
    "c": 0.12733,
    "h": 77.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE51

secondary

#ADC2E5

accent

#5AD70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE51

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

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