#E6C679#E6C679

#E6C679 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.103 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C679
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 121)
HSL	hsl(42, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(42, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.07, 1.47, 42.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.07, 42.62, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% 0.0043 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.103 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.2803, 58.5942, 26.4308)
Luminance	0.5859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C679 #7999E6

analogous

#E69079 #E6C679 #D0E679

triadic

#E6C679 #79E6C6 #C679E6

tetradic

#E6C679 #79E690 #7999E6 #E679D0

square

#E6C679 #79E690 #7999E6 #E679D0

split-complementary

#E6C679 #79D0E6 #9079E6

monochromatic

#C19324 #DCB045 #E6C679 #F0DCAD #F9F2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.72

#E6C679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C679

12.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C679	1.00	1.65	12.72	12.72
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C473

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECD7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5BAB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.103 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d7a1',
    500: '#e6c679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c679;
$custom-light: #f0d7a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.385,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83741,
    "c": 0.10283,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C679

secondary

#4569BE

accent

#4CD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140F

muted

#858380

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C679

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

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