#E6C059#E6C059

#E6C059 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.129 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C059
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, 2.02, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 55.81, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% 0.0022 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.129 89)
XYZ	xyz(53.2885, 55.2465, 17.3061)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C059 #597FE6

analogous

#E67A59 #E6C059 #C5E659

triadic

#E6C059 #59E6C0 #C059E6

tetradic

#E6C059 #59E67A #597FE6 #E659C5

square

#E6C059 #59E67A #597FE6 #E659C5

split-complementary

#E6C059 #59C5E6 #7A59E6

monochromatic

#AB841A #DEAC24 #E6C059 #EED48E #F6E8C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#E6C059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#E6C059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C059

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C059	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.129 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d28b',
    500: '#e6c059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c059;
$custom-light: #f1d28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.83,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82136,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.55244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C059

secondary

#3757AC

accent

#45D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C059

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

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