#E6B145#E6B145

#E6B145 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.136 H 81.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B145
RGB	rgb(230, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(40, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.26, 8.71, 60.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.26, 60.97, 81.78°)
OKLab	oklab(79% 0.0191 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.136 81.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.4325, 48.7005, 12.4256)
Luminance	0.4870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B145 #457AE6

analogous

#E66045 #E6B145 #CBE645

triadic

#E6B145 #45E6B1 #B145E6

tetradic

#E6B145 #45E660 #457AE6 #E645CB

square

#E6B145 #45E660 #457AE6 #E645CB

split-complementary

#E6B145 #45CBE6 #6045E6

monochromatic

#9C6F15 #D2961C #E6B145 #EDC87B #F5DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E6B145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#E6B145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B145

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B145	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.136 81.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c87e',
    500: '#e6b145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b145;
$custom-light: #f2c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.248,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78999,
    "c": 0.13646,
    "h": 81.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B145

secondary

#A4B9E3

accent

#73F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B145

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

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