#E6C366#E6C366
#E6C366 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.119 H 89.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C366 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 195, 102) |
| HSL | hsl(44, 72%, 65%) |
| HSV | hsv(44, 56%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 55.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.08, 1.40, 50.72) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.08, 50.74, 88.42°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.88% 0.002 0.1191) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.88% 0.119 89.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.5488, 56.8153, 20.6610) |
| Luminance | 0.5681 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.51
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 4.98
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 5.27
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 6.09
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 6.09
Tan (survey)
#D1B26F
ΔE00 6.15
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C366 #6689E6
analogous
#E68366 #E6C366 #C9E666
triadic
#E6C366 #66E6C3 #C366E6
tetradic
#E6C366 #66E683 #6689E6 #E666C9
square
#E6C366 #66E683 #6689E6 #E666C9
split-complementary
#E6C366 #66C9E6 #8366E6
monochromatic
#B48B1D #DDAE31 #E6C366 #EFD89B #F7ECCF
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.70
#E6C366 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.36
#E6C366 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C366
12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C366 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C366 | 1.00 | 1.70 | 12.36 | 12.36 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.70 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.36 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D5C15D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DECB6A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B6AE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c366; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 102); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.119 89.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d494',
500: '#e6c366',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c366; $custom-light: #f1d494; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c366",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 195,
"b": 102
},
"hsl": {
"h": 43.594,
"s": 71.91,
"l": 65.098
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82883,
"c": 0.11912,
"h": 89.1
},
"luminance": 0.56813
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C366
secondary
#3C5DB5
accent
#47D412
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FEFBF4
border
#D6D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F