#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
RGBrgb(230, 174, 81)
HSLhsl(37, 75%, 61%)
HSVhsv(37, 65%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.3%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.63, 10.97, 54.38)
CIE-LCHlch(74.63, 55.47, 78.59°)
OKLaboklab(78.54% 0.0273 0.1244)
OKLCHoklch(78.54% 0.127 77.6)
XYZxyz(49.2573, 47.6927, 14.3943)
Luminance0.4769 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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
##E6AE511.001.9910.5410.54
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5421.001.001.00
##00000010.5421.001.001.00

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

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#E6AE51 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva