#E6BD44#E6BD44
#E6BD44 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.142 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6BD44 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 189, 68) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 76%, 58%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 70.4%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.25, 2.36, 63.80) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.25, 63.84, 87.88°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.35% 0.0007 0.1422) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.35% 0.142 89.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.8770, 53.6387, 13.0886) |
| Luminance | 0.5364 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.88
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.02
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.67
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.67
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.97
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.05
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6BD44 #446DE6
analogous
#E66C44 #E6BD44 #BEE644
triadic
#E6BD44 #44E6BD #BD44E6
tetradic
#E6BD44 #44E66C #446DE6 #E644BE
square
#E6BD44 #44E66C #446DE6 #E644BE
split-complementary
#E6BD44 #44BEE6 #6C44E6
monochromatic
#9B7915 #D1A31C #E6BD44 #EDD07A #F4E3B0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#E6BD44 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.73
#E6BD44 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6BD44
11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6BD44 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6BD44 | 1.00 | 1.79 | 11.73 | 11.73 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.79 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.73 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D2BB33
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC64A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9ADA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6bd44; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 189, 68); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.142 89.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d07f',
500: '#e6bd44',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6bd44; $custom-light: #f2d07f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6bd44",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 189,
"b": 68
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.815,
"s": 76.415,
"l": 58.431
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81345,
"c": 0.14225,
"h": 89.7
},
"luminance": 0.53636
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6BD44
secondary
#304C9E
accent
#65F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18130A
muted
#86837D