#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
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 89)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.71, 11.48, 50.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.71, 51.99, 77.24°)
OKLab	oklab(78.62% 0.0298 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(78.62% 0.121 75.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.5752, 47.8199, 16.0683)
Luminance	0.4782 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E6AE59	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)

#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

Preview with #E6AE59

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

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