#E6C258#E6C258

#E6C258 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.131 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C258
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 61.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, 0.91, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 56.78, 89.08°)
OKLab	oklab(82.52% -0.0011 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.52% 0.131 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.6889, 56.1141, 17.2338)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C258 #587CE6

analogous

#E67B58 #E6C258 #C3E658

triadic

#E6C258 #58E6C2 #C258E6

tetradic

#E6C258 #58E67B #587CE6 #E658C3

square

#E6C258 #58E67B #587CE6 #E658C3

split-complementary

#E6C258 #58C3E6 #7B58E6

monochromatic

#AA8519 #DEAF23 #E6C258 #EED58D #F6E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#E6C258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C258

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C258	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B4AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.131 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d48b',
    500: '#e6c258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c258;
$custom-light: #f1d48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.789,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82524,
    "c": 0.1305,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C258

secondary

#3754AC

accent

#42D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C258

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

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