#E6B059#E6B059

#E6B059 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.122 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B059
RGB	rgb(230, 176, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23.5%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, 10.42, 51.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 52.32, 78.51°)
OKLab	oklab(79.01% 0.0267 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(79.01% 0.122 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.9644, 48.5984, 16.1981)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B059 #598FE6

analogous

#E66959 #E6B059 #D6E659

triadic

#E6B059 #59E6B0 #B059E6

tetradic

#E6B059 #59E669 #598FE6 #E659D6

square

#E6B059 #59E669 #598FE6 #E659D6

split-complementary

#E6B059 #59D6E6 #6959E6

monochromatic

#AB731A #DE9724 #E6B059 #EEC98E #F6E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E6B059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#E6B059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B059

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B059	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 176, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.122 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c78b',
    500: '#e6b059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b059;
$custom-light: #f2c78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.021,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79007,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B059

secondary

#B4C7E7

accent

#5CD610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B059

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

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