#E6AE57#E6AE57

#E6AE57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.123 H 76.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE57
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 87)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(37, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, 11.35, 51.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 52.87, 77.60°)
OKLab	oklab(78.6% 0.0292 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(78.6% 0.123 76.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4923, 47.7867, 15.6320)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE57 #578FE6

analogous

#E66657 #E6AE57 #D7E657

triadic

#E6AE57 #57E6AE #AE57E6

tetradic

#E6AE57 #57E666 #578FE6 #E657D7

square

#E6AE57 #57E666 #578FE6 #E657D7

split-complementary

#E6AE57 #57D7E6 #6657E6

monochromatic

#A97119 #DE9422 #E6AE57 #EEC88C #F6E1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E6AE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#E6AE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE57

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE57	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.123 76.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c689',
    500: '#e6ae57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae57;
$custom-light: #f2c689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.503,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78601,
    "c": 0.12287,
    "h": 76.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE57

secondary

#B2C7E7

accent

#5DD60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE57

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

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