#E6AE55#E6AE55

#E6AE55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.124 H 76.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE55
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 85)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, 11.22, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 53.74, 77.95°)
OKLab	oklab(78.58% 0.0285 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(78.58% 0.124 76.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.4118, 47.7545, 15.2076)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE55 #558DE6

analogous

#E66655 #E6AE55 #D5E655

triadic

#E6AE55 #55E6AE #AE55E6

tetradic

#E6AE55 #55E666 #558DE6 #E655D5

square

#E6AE55 #55E666 #558DE6 #E655D5

split-complementary

#E6AE55 #55D5E6 #6655E6

monochromatic

#A87119 #DD9421 #E6AE55 #EEC78A #F6E1C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E6AE55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#E6AE55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE55

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE55	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.124 76.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c688',
    500: '#e6ae55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae55;
$custom-light: #f2c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.828,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78578,
    "c": 0.12438,
    "h": 76.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE55

secondary

#B1C5E6

accent

#5CD60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE55

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

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