#E6BC59#E6BC59

#E6BC59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.126 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BC59
RGB	rgb(230, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 4.11, 54.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 54.80, 85.70°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% 0.0083 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.126 86.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.4222, 53.5138, 17.0173)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BC59 #5983E6

analogous

#E67659 #E6BC59 #C9E659

triadic

#E6BC59 #59E6BC #BC59E6

tetradic

#E6BC59 #59E676 #5983E6 #E659C9

square

#E6BC59 #59E676 #5983E6 #E659C9

split-complementary

#E6BC59 #59C9E6 #7659E6

monochromatic

#AB801A #DEA724 #E6BC59 #EED18E #F6E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E6BC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#E6BC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BC59

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BC59	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.126 86.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf8b',
    500: '#e6bc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bc59;
$custom-light: #f1cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.128,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81344,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 86.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53511
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BC59

secondary

#375AAC

accent

#4BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BC59

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

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