#E6B844#E6B844

#E6B844 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.140 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B844
RGB	rgb(230, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(43, 76%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(43, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 70.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, 4.98, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 62.72, 85.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.36% 0.0082 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(80.36% 0.14 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8200, 51.5247, 12.7363)
Luminance	0.5152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B844 #4472E6

analogous

#E66744 #E6B844 #C3E644

triadic

#E6B844 #44E6B8 #B844E6

tetradic

#E6B844 #44E667 #4472E6 #E644C3

square

#E6B844 #44E667 #4472E6 #E644C3

split-complementary

#E6B844 #44C3E6 #6744E6

monochromatic

#9B7515 #D19D1C #E6B844 #EDCC7A #F4E1B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#E6B844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#E6B844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B844

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B844	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A8A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.140 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cd7e',
    500: '#e6b844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b844;
$custom-light: #f2cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.963,
    "s": 76.415,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80356,
    "c": 0.1398,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B844

secondary

#304F9E

accent

#6BF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B844

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