#E6AE58#E6AE58

#E6AE58 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.122 H 76.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE58
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 88)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(36, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 61.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.70, 11.42, 51.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.70, 52.43, 77.42°)
OKLab	oklab(78.61% 0.0295 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(78.61% 0.122 76)
XYZ	xyz(49.5335, 47.8032, 15.8487)
Luminance	0.4780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE58 #5890E6

analogous

#E66758 #E6AE58 #D7E658

triadic

#E6AE58 #58E6AE #AE58E6

tetradic

#E6AE58 #58E667 #5890E6 #E658D7

square

#E6AE58 #58E667 #5890E6 #E658D7

split-complementary

#E6AE58 #58D7E6 #6758E6

monochromatic

#AA7119 #DE9423 #E6AE58 #EEC88D #F6E2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E6AE58 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#E6AE58 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE58

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE58	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE58	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)

#C3B050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae58;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.122 76.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c68a',
    500: '#e6ae58',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae58;
$custom-light: #f2c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae58",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.338,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78612,
    "c": 0.1221,
    "h": 76
  },
  "luminance": 0.478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE58

secondary

#B3C7E7

accent

#5ED60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE58

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

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