#E6BA38#E6BA38

#E6BA38 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.148 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BA38
RGB	rgb(230, 186, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.1%, 75.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.42, 3.39, 67.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.42, 67.61, 87.12°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0023 0.1479)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.148 89.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9089, 52.2297, 11.1406)
Luminance	0.5223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BA38 #3864E6

analogous

#E66338 #E6BA38 #BBE638

triadic

#E6BA38 #38E6BA #BA38E6

tetradic

#E6BA38 #38E663 #3864E6 #E638BB

square

#E6BA38 #38E663 #3864E6 #E638BB

split-complementary

#E6BA38 #38BBE6 #6338E6

monochromatic

#917112 #C89C19 #E6BA38 #EDCD6E #F4E0A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E6BA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#E6BA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BA38

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BA38	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9AAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ba38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 186, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.148 89.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3ce78',
    500: '#e6ba38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ba38;
$custom-light: #f3ce78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ba38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.828,
    "s": 77.679,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80664,
    "c": 0.1479,
    "h": 89.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52226
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BA38

secondary

#2C4796

accent

#64F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#181309

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BA38

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

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