#E6C154#E6C154
#E6C154 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.133 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C154 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 193, 84) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 63.5%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.39, 1.17, 58.24) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.39, 58.26, 88.84°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.28% -0.0008 0.1331) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.28% 0.133 90.4) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.3060, 55.6060, 16.3111) |
| Luminance | 0.5560 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.98
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.28
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.84
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 5.07
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 5.50
Dark Yellow
#D5B60A
ΔE00 6.03
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C154 #5479E6
analogous
#E67854 #E6C154 #C2E654
triadic
#E6C154 #54E6C1 #C154E6
tetradic
#E6C154 #54E678 #5479E6 #E654C2
square
#E6C154 #54E678 #5479E6 #E654C2
split-complementary
#E6C154 #54C2E6 #7854E6
monochromatic
#A78318 #DDAD20 #E6C154 #EED489 #F6E8BF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.73
#E6C154 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.12
#E6C154 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C154
12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C154 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C154 | 1.00 | 1.73 | 12.12 | 12.12 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.73 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.12 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5BF48
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DEC959
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8B2AA
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C5C5C5
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c154; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 84); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.133 90.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d388',
500: '#e6c154',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c154; $custom-light: #f1d388; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c154",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 193,
"b": 84
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.795,
"s": 74.49,
"l": 61.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82283,
"c": 0.13307,
"h": 90.4
},
"luminance": 0.55603
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C154
secondary
#3553A9
accent
#41D70F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140C
muted
#85837F