#E6BB49#E6BB49
#E6BB49 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.138 H 87.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6BB49 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 187, 73) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 68%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 68.3%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.79, 3.66, 61.27) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.79, 61.38, 86.58°) |
| OKLab | oklab(80.99% 0.005 0.1378) |
| OKLCH | oklch(80.99% 0.138 87.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.6089, 52.8479, 13.7844) |
| Luminance | 0.5284 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.30
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.24
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.66
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 5.12
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.42
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.43
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6BB49 #4974E6
analogous
#E66D49 #E6BB49 #C2E649
triadic
#E6BB49 #49E6BB #BB49E6
tetradic
#E6BB49 #49E66D #4974E6 #E649C2
square
#E6BB49 #49E66D #4974E6 #E649C2
split-complementary
#E6BB49 #49C2E6 #6D49E6
monochromatic
#9F7916 #D5A21D #E6BB49 #EDCF7F #F5E3B5
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.82
#E6BB49 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.57
#E6BB49 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6BB49
11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6BB49 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6BB49 | 1.00 | 1.82 | 11.57 | 11.57 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.82 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.57 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D0B93B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC54E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9ACA3
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C0C0C0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6bb49; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 187, 73); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.138 87.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2cf81',
500: '#e6bb49',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6bb49; $custom-light: #f2cf81; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6bb49",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 187,
"b": 73
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.567,
"s": 75.845,
"l": 59.412
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8099,
"c": 0.13787,
"h": 87.9
},
"luminance": 0.52845
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6BB49
secondary
#3250A2
accent
#69F235
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFAF2
border
#D7D3CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E