#E6C263#E6C263

#E6C263 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.121 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C263
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 99)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 57%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, 1.69, 51.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 51.84, 88.14°)
OKLab	oklab(82.65% 0.0025 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(82.65% 0.121 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1794, 56.3103, 19.8172)
Luminance	0.5631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C263 #6387E6

analogous

#E68063 #E6C263 #C9E663

triadic

#E6C263 #63E6C2 #C263E6

tetradic

#E6C263 #63E680 #6387E6 #E663C9

square

#E6C263 #63E680 #6387E6 #E663C9

split-complementary

#E6C263 #63C9E6 #8063E6

monochromatic

#B2891D #DEAD2E #E6C263 #EED798 #F7EBCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#E6C263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C263

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C263	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)

#D5C05A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDCA67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.121 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d492',
    500: '#e6c263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c263;
$custom-light: #f1d492;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.511,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82647,
    "c": 0.12118,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.56307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C263

secondary

#3B5CB3

accent

#47D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C263

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

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