#E6B359#E6B359

#E6B359 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.123 H 79.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6B359
RGBrgb(230, 179, 89)
HSLhsl(38, 74%, 63%)
HSVhsv(38, 61%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 22.2%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(75.94, 8.84, 52.11)
CIE-LCHlch(75.94, 52.86, 80.37°)
OKLaboklab(79.58% 0.0221 0.1206)
OKLCHoklch(79.58% 0.123 79.6)
XYZxyz(50.5592, 49.7878, 16.3963)
Luminance0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyorange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6B359 #598CE6
analogous
#E66D59 #E6B359 #D2E659
triadic
#E6B359 #59E6B3 #B359E6
tetradic
#E6B359 #59E66D #598CE6 #E659D2
square
#E6B359 #59E66D #598CE6 #E659D2
split-complementary
#E6B359 #59D2E6 #6D59E6
monochromatic
#AB761A #DE9B24 #E6B359 #EECB8E #F6E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92
#E6B359 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96
#E6B359 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B359
10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6B359#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6B3591.001.9210.9610.96
#FFFFFF1.921.0021.0021.00
#00000010.9621.001.001.00
##00000010.9621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#C8B450
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D4C05C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8A49F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6b359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 179, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.123 79.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c98b',
    500: '#e6b359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6b359;
$custom-light: #f1c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6b359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.298,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79585,
    "c": 0.12263,
    "h": 79.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6B359
secondary
#B4C6E7
accent
#57D610
background
#FFFCF8
surface
#FFF8F0
border
#D7D1CB
text
#17130C
muted
#85827D

Preview Lab

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#E6B359 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva