#E6B35A#E6B35A

#E6B35A is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.122 H 79.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B35A
RGB	rgb(230, 179, 90)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(38, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, 8.91, 51.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 52.41, 80.22°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% 0.0224 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.122 79.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.6014, 49.8047, 16.6190)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B35A #5A8DE6

analogous

#E66D5A #E6B35A #D3E65A

triadic

#E6B35A #5AE6B3 #B35AE6

tetradic

#E6B35A #5AE66D #5A8DE6 #E65AD3

square

#E6B35A #5AE66D #5A8DE6 #E65AD3

split-complementary

#E6B35A #5AD3E6 #6D5AE6

monochromatic

#AC771A #DE9B25 #E6B35A #EECB8F #F6E4C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E6B35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#E6B35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B35A

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B35A	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)

#C7B451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 179, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.122 79.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c98b',
    500: '#e6b35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b35a;
$custom-light: #f1c98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.143,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79597,
    "c": 0.12184,
    "h": 79.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B35A

secondary

#B5C7E7

accent

#58D610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B35A

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

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