#E6B245#E6B245

#E6B245 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.137 H 82.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B245
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.51, 8.18, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.51, 61.15, 82.31°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% 0.0176 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.137 82.6)
XYZ	xyz(49.6307, 49.0969, 12.4917)
Luminance	0.4909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B245 #4579E6

analogous

#E66145 #E6B245 #C9E645

triadic

#E6B245 #45E6B2 #B245E6

tetradic

#E6B245 #45E661 #4579E6 #E645C9

square

#E6B245 #45E661 #4579E6 #E645C9

split-complementary

#E6B245 #45C9E6 #6145E6

monochromatic

#9C7015 #D2971C #E6B245 #EDC87B #F5DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E6B245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.82

#E6B245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B245

10.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B245	1.00	1.94	10.82	10.82
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.137 82.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c87e',
    500: '#e6b245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b245;
$custom-light: #f2c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.621,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79192,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 82.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B245

secondary

#A4B8E3

accent

#72F335

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B245

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

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