#E6BC46#E6BC46
#E6BC46 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.140 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6BC46 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 188, 70) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 69.6%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.01, 2.99, 62.75) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.01, 62.82, 87.28°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.16% 0.0027 0.1404) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.16% 0.14 88.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.7247, 53.2348, 13.3441) |
| Luminance | 0.5323 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 3.00
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.26
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.59
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.82
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 5.01
Burnt Yellow
#D5AB09
ΔE00 5.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6BC46 #4670E6
analogous
#E66C46 #E6BC46 #C0E646
triadic
#E6BC46 #46E6BC #BC46E6
tetradic
#E6BC46 #46E66C #4670E6 #E646C0
square
#E6BC46 #46E66C #4670E6 #E646C0
split-complementary
#E6BC46 #46C0E6 #6C46E6
monochromatic
#9C7915 #D2A31C #E6BC46 #EDD07C #F5E3B2
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.80
#E6BC46 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.65
#E6BC46 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6BC46
11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6BC46 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6BC46 | 1.00 | 1.80 | 11.65 | 11.65 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.80 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.65 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D1BA36
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DBC64C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9ACA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6bc46; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 188, 70); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.140 88.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2cf80',
500: '#e6bc46',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6bc46; $custom-light: #f2cf80; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6bc46",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 188,
"b": 70
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.25,
"s": 76.19,
"l": 58.824
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81162,
"c": 0.14042,
"h": 88.9
},
"luminance": 0.53232
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6BC46
secondary
#314EA0
accent
#67F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17130B
muted
#85837E