#E6AE5B#E6AE5B

#E6AE5B is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.120 H 75.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AE5B
RGB	rgb(230, 174, 91)
HSL	hsl(36, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(36, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.3%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.73, 11.62, 49.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.73, 51.11, 76.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.65% 0.0305 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(78.65% 0.12 75.2)
XYZ	xyz(49.6603, 47.8539, 16.5166)
Luminance	0.4785 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AE5B #5B93E6

analogous

#E6685B #E6AE5B #D9E65B

triadic

#E6AE5B #5BE6AE #AE5BE6

tetradic

#E6AE5B #5BE668 #5B93E6 #E65BD9

square

#E6AE5B #5BE668 #5B93E6 #E65BD9

split-complementary

#E6AE5B #5BD9E6 #685BE6

monochromatic

#AC711A #DE9426 #E6AE5B #EEC890 #F6E2C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#E6AE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#E6AE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AE5B

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AE5B	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)

#C3B053

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F89F9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ae5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 174, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.120 75.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c68c',
    500: '#e6ae5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ae5b;
$custom-light: #f1c68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ae5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.827,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78647,
    "c": 0.11978,
    "h": 75.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AE5B

secondary

#B5CAE7

accent

#60D610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AE5B

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

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