#E6B345#E6B345

#E6B345 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.137 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B345
RGB	rgb(230, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.76, 7.66, 60.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.76, 61.33, 82.83°)
OKLab	oklab(79.39% 0.0161 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(79.39% 0.137 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.8304, 49.4963, 12.5583)
Luminance	0.4949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B345 #4578E6

analogous

#E66245 #E6B345 #C8E645

triadic

#E6B345 #45E6B3 #B345E6

tetradic

#E6B345 #45E662 #4578E6 #E645C8

square

#E6B345 #45E662 #4578E6 #E645C8

split-complementary

#E6B345 #45C8E6 #6245E6

monochromatic

#9C7115 #D2981C #E6B345 #EDC97B #F5DFB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E6B345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.90

#E6B345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B345

10.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B345	1.00	1.93	10.90	10.90
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.137 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c97e',
    500: '#e6b345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b345;
$custom-light: #f2c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.994,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79387,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B345

secondary

#A4B8E3

accent

#71F335

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B345

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

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