#E6C460#E6C460

#E6C460 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.125 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C460
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.26, 0.43, 53.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.26, 53.77, 89.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.01% -0.0016 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(83.01% 0.125 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4868, 57.1502, 19.2252)
Luminance	0.5715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C460 #6082E6

analogous

#E68160 #E6C460 #C5E660

triadic

#E6C460 #60E6C4 #C460E6

tetradic

#E6C460 #60E681 #6082E6 #E660C5

square

#E6C460 #60E681 #6082E6 #E660C5

split-complementary

#E6C460 #60C5E6 #8160E6

monochromatic

#B08A1C #DEB02B #E6C460 #EED895 #F7EBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C460 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E6C460 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C460

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C460	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C460	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)

#D7C156

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c460;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.125 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d590',
    500: '#e6c460',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c460;
$custom-light: #f1d590;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c460",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.776,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83011,
    "c": 0.12506,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C460

secondary

#3958B1

accent

#42D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C460

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

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