#E6BD59#E6BD59

#E6BD59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.539; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.127 H 86.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BD59
RGB	rgb(230, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.43, 3.58, 54.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.43, 55.04, 86.27°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% 0.0068 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.127 86.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.6365, 53.9425, 17.0888)
Luminance	0.5394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BD59 #5982E6

analogous

#E67659 #E6BD59 #C9E659

triadic

#E6BD59 #59E6BD #BD59E6

tetradic

#E6BD59 #59E676 #5982E6 #E659C9

square

#E6BD59 #59E676 #5982E6 #E659C9

split-complementary

#E6BD59 #59C9E6 #7659E6

monochromatic

#AB811A #DEA824 #E6BD59 #EED28E #F6E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#E6BD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.79

#E6BD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BD59

11.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BD59	1.00	1.78	11.79	11.79
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.127 86.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d08b',
    500: '#e6bd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bd59;
$custom-light: #f1d08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.553,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81541,
    "c": 0.12685,
    "h": 86.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BD59

secondary

#3759AC

accent

#49D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BD59

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

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