#E6C45F#E6C45F
#E6C45F is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.126 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6C45F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 196, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(45, 73%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(45, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 58.7%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.25, 0.35, 54.22) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.25, 54.22, 89.63°) |
| OKLab | oklab(83% -0.0019 0.1259) |
| OKLCH | oklch(83% 0.126 90.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(54.4410, 57.1319, 18.9843) |
| Luminance | 0.5713 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 3.71
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 3.98
Light Mustard
#F7D560
ΔE00 4.45
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 5.51
Sandy
#F1DA7A
ΔE00 5.73
Wheat (survey)
#FBDD7E
ΔE00 5.91
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6C45F #5F81E6
analogous
#E6805F #E6C45F #C4E65F
triadic
#E6C45F #5FE6C4 #C45FE6
tetradic
#E6C45F #5FE680 #5F81E6 #E65FC4
square
#E6C45F #5FE680 #5F81E6 #E65FC4
split-complementary
#E6C45F #5FC4E6 #805FE6
monochromatic
#AF8A1B #DEB02A #E6C45F #EED894 #F7EBC9
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.69
#E6C45F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.43
#E6C45F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6C45F
12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6C45F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6C45F | 1.00 | 1.69 | 12.43 | 12.43 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.69 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.43 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#D7C155
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DFCB63
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F7B6AD
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C7C7C7
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6c45f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.126 90.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1d58f',
500: '#e6c45f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6c45f; $custom-light: #f1d58f; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6c45f",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 196,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 44.889,
"s": 72.973,
"l": 63.725
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.82999,
"c": 0.12592,
"h": 90.9
},
"luminance": 0.57129
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6C45F
secondary
#3957B0
accent
#42D510
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F