#E6B43E#E6B43E

#E6B43E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.142 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B43E
RGB	rgb(230, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(42, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 73%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.96, 6.80, 63.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.96, 64.24, 83.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% 0.0127 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.142 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(49.8270, 49.8168, 11.5477)
Luminance	0.4981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B43E #3E70E6

analogous

#E6603E #E6B43E #C4E63E

triadic

#E6B43E #3EE6B4 #B43EE6

tetradic

#E6B43E #3EE660 #3E70E6 #E63EC4

square

#E6B43E #3EE660 #3E70E6 #E63EC4

split-complementary

#E6B43E #3EC4E6 #603EE6

monochromatic

#966F13 #CC971A #E6B43E #EDC974 #F4DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E6B43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#E6B43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B43E

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B43E	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)

#CAB42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C143

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A49C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.142 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ca7b',
    500: '#e6b43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b43e;
$custom-light: #f3ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.143,
    "s": 77.064,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79526,
    "c": 0.14187,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49813
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B43E

secondary

#9EB2E2

accent

#6DF434

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B43E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →