#E6C159#E6C159

#E6C159 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.557; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.129 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C159
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(44, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(44, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.44, 1.50, 56.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.44, 56.07, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.34% 0.0007 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(82.34% 0.129 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(53.5088, 55.6872, 17.3795)
Luminance	0.5568 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C159 #597EE6

analogous

#E67A59 #E6C159 #C5E659

triadic

#E6C159 #59E6C1 #C159E6

tetradic

#E6C159 #59E67A #597EE6 #E659C5

square

#E6C159 #59E67A #597EE6 #E659C5

split-complementary

#E6C159 #59C5E6 #7A59E6

monochromatic

#AB851A #DEAD24 #E6C159 #EED58E #F6E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E6C159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.14

#E6C159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C159

12.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C159	1.00	1.73	12.14	12.14
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.129 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d38b',
    500: '#e6c159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c159;
$custom-light: #f1d38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.255,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82335,
    "c": 0.12909,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C159

secondary

#3756AC

accent

#44D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C159

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

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