#E6C162#E6C162

#E6C162 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.121 H 88.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C162
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 98)
HSL	hsl(43, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(43, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.53, 2.13, 51.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.53, 52.02, 87.65°)
OKLab	oklab(82.44% 0.0036 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(82.44% 0.121 88.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.9101, 55.8477, 19.4930)
Luminance	0.5585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C162 #6287E6

analogous

#E67F62 #E6C162 #C9E662

triadic

#E6C162 #62E6C1 #C162E6

tetradic

#E6C162 #62E67F #6287E6 #E662C9

square

#E6C162 #62E67F #6287E6 #E662C9

split-complementary

#E6C162 #62C9E6 #7F62E6

monochromatic

#B1881C #DEAC2D #E6C162 #EED697 #F7EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E6C162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.17

#E6C162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C162

12.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C162	1.00	1.73	12.17	12.17
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BF59

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC966

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B3AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.121 88.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d391',
    500: '#e6c162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c162;
$custom-light: #f1d391;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.182,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82437,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 88.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C162

secondary

#3A5CB2

accent

#48D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C162

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

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