#E6A256#E6A256

#E6A256 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.123 H 67.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A256
RGB	rgb(230, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(32, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(32, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 29.6%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 17.67, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 51.90, 70.10°)
OKLab	oklab(76.33% 0.0477 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.33% 0.123 67.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.2362, 43.3393, 14.6798)
Luminance	0.4334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A256 #569AE6

analogous

#E65A56 #E6A256 #E2E656

triadic

#E6A256 #56E6A2 #A256E6

tetradic

#E6A256 #56E65A #569AE6 #E656E2

square

#E6A256 #56E65A #569AE6 #E656E2

split-complementary

#E6A256 #56E2E6 #5A56E6

monochromatic

#A96519 #DE8521 #E6A256 #EEBF8B #F6DDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#E6A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#E6A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A256

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A256	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.123 67.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bd88',
    500: '#e6a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a256;
$custom-light: #f2bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 31.667,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76328,
    "c": 0.12274,
    "h": 67.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A256

secondary

#B1CAE6

accent

#6DD60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A256

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

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