#E6BD45#E6BD45
#E6BD45 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.536; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.142 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6BD45 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 189, 69) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 76%, 59%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 70%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 70%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(78.26, 2.41, 63.40) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(78.26, 63.45, 87.82°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.35% 0.0009 0.1416) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.35% 0.142 89.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(51.9078, 53.6510, 13.2507) |
| Luminance | 0.5365 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 2.94
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 4.11
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.68
Golden
#F5BF03
ΔE00 4.75
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.95
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 5.13
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6BD45 #456EE6
analogous
#E66C45 #E6BD45 #BFE645
triadic
#E6BD45 #45E6BD #BD45E6
tetradic
#E6BD45 #45E66C #456EE6 #E645BF
square
#E6BD45 #45E66C #456EE6 #E645BF
split-complementary
#E6BD45 #45BFE6 #6C45E6
monochromatic
#9C7915 #D2A31C #E6BD45 #EDD07B #F5E3B1
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.79
#E6BD45 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.73
#E6BD45 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6BD45
11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6BD45 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6BD45 | 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)
#D2BB35
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DCC64B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F9ADA4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C2C2C2
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6bd45; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 189, 69); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.142 89.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f2d07f',
500: '#e6bd45',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6bd45; $custom-light: #f2d07f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6bd45",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 189,
"b": 69
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.72,
"s": 76.303,
"l": 58.627
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81353,
"c": 0.1416,
"h": 89.6
},
"luminance": 0.53648
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6BD45
secondary
#304C9F
accent
#65F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#18130A
muted
#86837D