#E6A856#E6A856

#E6A856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.123 H 71.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A856
RGB	rgb(230, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(34, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(34, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 27%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.22, 14.47, 50.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.22, 52.48, 73.99°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% 0.0382 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.123 71.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3184, 45.5038, 15.0405)
Luminance	0.4550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A856 #5694E6

analogous

#E66056 #E6A856 #DCE656

triadic

#E6A856 #56E6A8 #A856E6

tetradic

#E6A856 #56E660 #5694E6 #E656DC

square

#E6A856 #56E660 #5694E6 #E656DC

split-complementary

#E6A856 #56DCE6 #6056E6

monochromatic

#A96B19 #DE8D21 #E6A856 #EEC38B #F6DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#E6A856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#E6A856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A856

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A856	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99895

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.123 71.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c188',
    500: '#e6a856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a856;
$custom-light: #f2c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7745,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 71.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A856

secondary

#B1C8E6

accent

#65D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A856

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

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