#E6C262#E6C262

#E6C262 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.122 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C262
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 98)
HSL	hsl(44, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.78, 1.61, 52.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.78, 52.30, 88.23°)
OKLab	oklab(82.64% 0.0021 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(82.64% 0.122 89)
XYZ	xyz(54.1319, 56.2913, 19.5669)
Luminance	0.5629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C262 #6286E6

analogous

#E68062 #E6C262 #C8E662

triadic

#E6C262 #62E6C2 #C262E6

tetradic

#E6C262 #62E680 #6286E6 #E662C8

square

#E6C262 #62E680 #6286E6 #E662C8

split-complementary

#E6C262 #62C8E6 #8062E6

monochromatic

#B1891C #DEAD2D #E6C262 #EED797 #F7EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E6C262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C262

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C262	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5C059

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.122 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d491',
    500: '#e6c262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c262;
$custom-light: #f1d491;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.636,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82635,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.56288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C262

secondary

#3A5BB2

accent

#46D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C262

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

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