#E6A451#E6A451

#E6A451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.126 H 70.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A451
RGB	rgb(230, 164, 81)
HSL	hsl(33, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(33, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 28.7%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.21, 16.28, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.21, 54.19, 72.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% 0.0429 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.126 70.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.3969, 43.9718, 13.7741)
Luminance	0.4397 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A451 #5193E6

analogous

#E65951 #E6A451 #DDE651

triadic

#E6A451 #51E6A4 #A451E6

tetradic

#E6A451 #51E659 #5193E6 #E651DD

square

#E6A451 #51E659 #5193E6 #E651DD

split-complementary

#E6A451 #51DDE6 #5951E6

monochromatic

#A56618 #DA881F #E6A451 #EEC087 #F5DCBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#E6A451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#E6A451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A451

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A451	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB753

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 164, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.126 70.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2bf85',
    500: '#e6a451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a451;
$custom-light: #f2bf85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.423,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76643,
    "c": 0.12615,
    "h": 70.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A451

secondary

#ADC6E5

accent

#67D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF6EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#18120B

muted

#86817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A451

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

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