#E6C35E#E6C35E
#E6C35E is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.126 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C35E |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 195, 94) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 59.1%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(79.99, 0.80, 54.39) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(79.99, 54.39, 89.16°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.79% -0.0007 0.1261) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.79% 0.126 90.3) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.1711, 56.6642, 18.6715) |
| Luminance | 0.5666 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.97
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.15
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.67
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.33
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.06
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.16
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C35E #5E81E6
analogous
#E67F5E #E6C35E #C5E65E
triadic
#E6C35E #5EE6C3 #C35EE6
tetradic
#E6C35E #5EE67F #5E81E6 #E65EC5
square
#E6C35E #5EE67F #5E81E6 #E65EC5
split-complementary
#E6C35E #5EC5E6 #7F5EE6
monochromatic
#AF891B #DEAF29 #E6C35E #EED793 #F6EAC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.70
#E6C35E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.33
#E6C35E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C35E
12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C35E | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C35E | 1.00 | 1.70 | 12.33 | 12.33 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.70 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.33 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6C154
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCB62
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B5AC
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C6C6C6
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c35e; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 94); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.126 90.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d48f',
500: '#e6c35e',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c35e; $custom-light: #f1d48f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c35e",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 195,
"b": 94
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.559,
"s": 73.118,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82788,
"c": 0.12614,
"h": 90.3
},
"luminance": 0.56661
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C35E
secondary
#3957B0
accent
#43D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F