#E6AE5A#E6AE5A

#E6AE5A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.121 H 75.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE5A
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 90)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, 11.55, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 51.55, 77.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.64% 0.0302 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(78.64% 0.121 75.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.6175, 47.8368, 16.2910)
Luminance	0.4783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE5A #5A92E6

analogous

#E6685A #E6AE5A #D8E65A

triadic

#E6AE5A #5AE6AE #AE5AE6

tetradic

#E6AE5A #5AE668 #5A92E6 #E65AD8

square

#E6AE5A #5AE668 #5A92E6 #E65AD8

split-complementary

#E6AE5A #5AD8E6 #685AE6

monochromatic

#AC711A #DE9425 #E6AE5A #EEC88F #F6E2C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E6AE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#E6AE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE5A

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE5A	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.121 75.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c68b',
    500: '#e6ae5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae5a;
$custom-light: #f2c68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78635,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 75.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE5A

secondary

#B5C9E7

accent

#5FD610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE5A

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

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