#E6AE59#E6AE59

#E6AE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.121 H 75.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6AE59
RGBrgb(230, 174, 89)
HSLhsl(36, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(36, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 24.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(74.71, 11.48, 50.71)
CIE-LCHlch(74.71, 51.99, 77.24°)
OKLaboklab(78.62% 0.0298 0.1176)
OKLCHoklch(78.62% 0.121 75.8)
XYZxyz(49.5752, 47.8199, 16.0683)
Luminance0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6AE59 #5991E6
analogous
#E66759 #E6AE59 #D8E659
triadic
#E6AE59 #59E6AE #AE59E6
tetradic
#E6AE59 #59E667 #5991E6 #E659D8
square
#E6AE59 #59E667 #5991E6 #E659D8
split-complementary
#E6AE59 #59D8E6 #6759E6
monochromatic
#AB711A #DE9424 #E6AE59 #EEC88E #F6E2C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99
#E6AE59 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56
#E6AE59 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE59
10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6AE59#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6AE591.001.9910.5610.56
#FFFFFF1.991.0021.0021.00
#00000010.5621.001.001.00
##00000010.5621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C3B051
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D0BD5B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F99F9B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6ae59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.121 75.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c68a',
    500: '#e6ae59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6ae59;
$custom-light: #f2c68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6ae59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.17,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78624,
    "c": 0.12134,
    "h": 75.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6AE59
secondary
#B4C8E7
accent
#5ED610
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#17130C
muted
#85827D

Preview Lab

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#E6AE59 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva