#E6B445#E6B445

#E6B445 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.138 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B445
RGB	rgb(230, 180, 69)
HSL	hsl(41, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(41, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, 7.13, 61.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 61.52, 83.34°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% 0.0146 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.138 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.0316, 49.8986, 12.6253)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B445 #4577E6

analogous

#E66345 #E6B445 #C8E645

triadic

#E6B445 #45E6B4 #B445E6

tetradic

#E6B445 #45E663 #4577E6 #E645C8

square

#E6B445 #45E663 #4577E6 #E645C8

split-complementary

#E6B445 #45C8E6 #6345E6

monochromatic

#9C7215 #D2991C #E6B445 #EDCA7B #F5E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E6B445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#E6B445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B445

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B445	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB437

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 180, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.138 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca7e',
    500: '#e6b445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b445;
$custom-light: #f2ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.366,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79581,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49895
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B445

secondary

#A4B7E3

accent

#70F335

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B445

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

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