#E6B14A#E6B14A

#E6B14A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.133 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B14A
RGB	rgb(230, 177, 74)
HSL	hsl(40, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(40, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, 8.98, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 58.93, 81.24°)
OKLab	oklab(79.04% 0.0205 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(79.04% 0.133 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(49.5943, 48.7652, 13.2778)
Luminance	0.4876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B14A #4A7FE6

analogous

#E6634A #E6B14A #CDE64A

triadic

#E6B14A #4AE6B1 #B14AE6

tetradic

#E6B14A #4AE663 #4A7FE6 #E64ACD

square

#E6B14A #4AE663 #4A7FE6 #E64ACD

split-complementary

#E6B14A #4ACDE6 #634AE6

monochromatic

#A07116 #D5971D #E6B14A #EDC880 #F5DFB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E6B14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#E6B14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B14A

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B14A	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 177, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.133 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c881',
    500: '#e6b14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b14a;
$custom-light: #f2c881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.615,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79043,
    "c": 0.13311,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B14A

secondary

#A8BCE4

accent

#76F235

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130B

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B14A

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