#E6B045#E6B045

#E6B045 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.136 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B045
RGB	rgb(230, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, 9.24, 60.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 60.80, 81.26°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% 0.0207 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.136 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.2357, 48.3069, 12.3600)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B045 #457BE6

analogous

#E65F45 #E6B045 #CBE645

triadic

#E6B045 #45E6B0 #B045E6

tetradic

#E6B045 #45E65F #457BE6 #E645CB

square

#E6B045 #45E65F #457BE6 #E645CB

split-complementary

#E6B045 #45CBE6 #5F45E6

monochromatic

#9C6E15 #D2951C #E6B045 #EDC77B #F5DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#E6B045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#E6B045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B045

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B045	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)

#C6B137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A09A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.136 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c77e',
    500: '#e6b045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b045;
$custom-light: #f2c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.876,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78805,
    "c": 0.13615,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B045

secondary

#A4B9E3

accent

#75F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B045

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