#E6A656#E6A656

#E6A656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.123 H 70.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A656
RGB	rgb(230, 166, 86)
HSL	hsl(33, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(33, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27.8%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, 15.54, 49.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 52.26, 72.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.07% 0.0414 0.1155)
OKLCH	oklch(77.07% 0.123 70.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9520, 44.7710, 14.9184)
Luminance	0.4477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A656 #5696E6

analogous

#E65E56 #E6A656 #DEE656

triadic

#E6A656 #56E6A6 #A656E6

tetradic

#E6A656 #56E65E #5696E6 #E656DE

square

#E6A656 #56E65E #5696E6 #E656DE

split-complementary

#E6A656 #56DEE6 #5E56E6

monochromatic

#A96919 #DE8A21 #E6A656 #EEC28B #F6DEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#E6A656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#E6A656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A656

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A656	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCAA4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB958

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 166, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.123 70.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c088',
    500: '#e6a656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a656;
$custom-light: #f2c088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 33.333,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77074,
    "c": 0.12266,
    "h": 70.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A656

secondary

#B1C9E6

accent

#68D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A656

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

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