#E6BD4E#E6BD4E

#E6BD4E is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.135 H 88.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BD4E
RGB	rgb(230, 189, 78)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(44, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, 2.90, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 59.79, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% 0.0034 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.135 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.2086, 53.7714, 14.8353)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BD4E #4E77E6

analogous

#E6714E #E6BD4E #C3E64E

triadic

#E6BD4E #4EE6BD #BD4EE6

tetradic

#E6BD4E #4EE671 #4E77E6 #E64EC3

square

#E6BD4E #4EE671 #4E77E6 #E64EC3

split-complementary

#E6BD4E #4EC3E6 #714EE6

monochromatic

#A37D17 #D8A61F #E6BD4E #EED184 #F5E5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E6BD4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#E6BD4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BD4E

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BD4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BD4E	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC653

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bd4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 189, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.135 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d084',
    500: '#e6bd4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bd4e;
$custom-light: #f2d084;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bd4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.816,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81431,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BD4E

secondary

#3352A5

accent

#44D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BD4E

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