#E6BC45#E6BC45
#E6BC45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.141 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6BC45 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 188, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 70%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.01, 2.93, 63.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.01, 63.21, 87.34°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.15% 0.0024 0.1411) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.15% 0.141 89) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.6934, 53.2223, 13.1793) |
| Luminance | 0.5322 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.93
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.16
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.61
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.74
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.99
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.25
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6BC45 #456FE6
analogous
#E66B45 #E6BC45 #BFE645
triadic
#E6BC45 #45E6BC #BC45E6
tetradic
#E6BC45 #45E66B #456FE6 #E645BF
square
#E6BC45 #45E66B #456FE6 #E645BF
split-complementary
#E6BC45 #45BFE6 #6B45E6
monochromatic
#9C7915 #D2A21C #E6BC45 #EDCF7B #F5E3B1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.80
#E6BC45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.64
#E6BC45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6BC45
11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6BC45 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6BC45 | 1.00 | 1.80 | 11.64 | 11.64 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.80 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.64 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA35
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC64B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9ACA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6bc45; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 188, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.141 89.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2cf7f',
500: '#e6bc45',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6bc45; $custom-light: #f2cf7f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6bc45",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 188,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.348,
"s": 76.303,
"l": 58.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81154,
"c": 0.14108,
"h": 89
},
"luminance": 0.53219
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6BC45
secondary
#304D9F
accent
#66F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18130A
muted
#86837D