#E6B545#E6B545

#E6B545 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.138 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B545
RGB	rgb(230, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.26, 6.60, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.26, 61.71, 83.86°)
OKLab	oklab(79.78% 0.013 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(79.78% 0.138 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.2342, 50.3038, 12.6929)
Luminance	0.5030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B545 #4576E6

analogous

#E66445 #E6B545 #C6E645

triadic

#E6B545 #45E6B5 #B545E6

tetradic

#E6B545 #45E664 #4576E6 #E645C6

square

#E6B545 #45E664 #4576E6 #E645C6

split-complementary

#E6B545 #45C6E6 #6445E6

monochromatic

#9C7315 #D29A1C #E6B545 #EDCA7B #F5E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E6B545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#E6B545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B545

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B545	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.138 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca7f',
    500: '#e6b545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b545;
$custom-light: #f2ca7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.739,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79777,
    "c": 0.13789,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B545

secondary

#30529F

accent

#6FF335

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B545

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

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