#E6BE59#E6BE59

#E6BE59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.127 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BE59
RGB	rgb(230, 190, 89)
HSL	hsl(43, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(43, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.68, 3.06, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.68, 55.29, 86.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.74% 0.0052 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(81.74% 0.127 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8524, 54.3742, 17.1607)
Luminance	0.5437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BE59 #5981E6

analogous

#E67859 #E6BE59 #C7E659

triadic

#E6BE59 #59E6BE #BE59E6

tetradic

#E6BE59 #59E678 #5981E6 #E659C7

square

#E6BE59 #59E678 #5981E6 #E659C7

split-complementary

#E6BE59 #59C7E6 #7859E6

monochromatic

#AB821A #DEA924 #E6BE59 #EED38E #F6E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E6BE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.87

#E6BE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BE59

11.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BE59	1.00	1.77	11.87	11.87
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B0A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6be59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 190, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.127 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d18b',
    500: '#e6be59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6be59;
$custom-light: #f1d18b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6be59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.979,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81739,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BE59

secondary

#3758AC

accent

#48D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BE59

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

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