#E6C463#E6C463

#E6C463 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.122 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C463
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 99)
HSL	hsl(44, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(44, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 57%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.30, 0.65, 52.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.30, 52.41, 89.29°)
OKLab	oklab(83.05% -0.0006 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(83.05% 0.122 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.6275, 57.2065, 19.9665)
Luminance	0.5720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C463 #6385E6

analogous

#E68263 #E6C463 #C7E663

triadic

#E6C463 #63E6C4 #C463E6

tetradic

#E6C463 #63E682 #6385E6 #E663C7

square

#E6C463 #63E682 #6385E6 #E663C7

split-complementary

#E6C463 #63C7E6 #8263E6

monochromatic

#B28B1D #DEB02E #E6C463 #EED898 #F7ECCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C463 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.44

#E6C463 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C463

12.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C463	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C463	1.00	1.69	12.44	12.44
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c463;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.122 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d592',
    500: '#e6c463',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c463;
$custom-light: #f1d592;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c463",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.427,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83046,
    "c": 0.12243,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C463

secondary

#3B5AB3

accent

#44D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C463

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

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