#E6B044#E6B044

#E6B044 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.137 H 81.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B044
RGB	rgb(230, 176, 68)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, 9.19, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 61.19, 81.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.8% 0.0204 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.8% 0.137 81.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.2049, 48.2946, 12.1979)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B044 #447AE6

analogous

#E65F44 #E6B044 #CBE644

triadic

#E6B044 #44E6B0 #B044E6

tetradic

#E6B044 #44E65F #447AE6 #E644CB

square

#E6B044 #44E65F #447AE6 #E644CB

split-complementary

#E6B044 #44CBE6 #5F44E6

monochromatic

#9B6E15 #D1951C #E6B044 #EDC77A #F4DEB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E6B044 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E6B044 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B044

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B044	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B044	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b044;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 176, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.137 81.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c77e',
    500: '#e6b044',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b044;
$custom-light: #f2c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b044",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78797,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 81.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B044

secondary

#A3B8E3

accent

#74F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B044

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