#E6C25E#E6C25E
#E6C25E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.126 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C25E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 194, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.74, 1.32, 54.10) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.74, 54.11, 88.60°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.59% 0.0008 0.1255) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.59% 0.126 89.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(53.9478, 56.2176, 18.5970) |
| Luminance | 0.5622 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 4.17
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.42
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.97
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.26
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.37
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.40
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C25E #5E82E6
analogous
#E67E5E #E6C25E #C6E65E
triadic
#E6C25E #5EE6C2 #C25EE6
tetradic
#E6C25E #5EE67E #5E82E6 #E65EC6
square
#E6C25E #5EE67E #5E82E6 #E65EC6
split-complementary
#E6C25E #5EC6E6 #7E5EE6
monochromatic
#AF871B #DEAE29 #E6C25E #EED693 #F6EAC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.72
#E6C25E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.24
#E6C25E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C25E
12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C25E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C25E | 1.00 | 1.72 | 12.24 | 12.24 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.72 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.24 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5C054
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DECA62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B4AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c25e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.126 89.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d48f',
500: '#e6c25e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c25e; $custom-light: #f1d48f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c25e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 194,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.118,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82589,
"c": 0.12552,
"h": 89.6
},
"luminance": 0.56215
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C25E
secondary
#3958B0
accent
#44D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F