#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
RGB	rgb(230, 179, 89)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, 8.84, 52.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 52.86, 80.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0221 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.123 79.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5592, 49.7878, 16.3963)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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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
##E6B359	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #E6B359

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

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