#E6A951#E6A951

#E6A951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.458; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.126 H 73.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A951
RGB	rgb(230, 169, 81)
HSL	hsl(35, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(35, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.41, 13.62, 53.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.41, 54.75, 75.59°)
OKLab	oklab(77.58% 0.0351 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(77.58% 0.126 73.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.3093, 45.7967, 14.0783)
Luminance	0.4579 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A951 #518EE6

analogous

#E65E51 #E6A951 #D8E651

triadic

#E6A951 #51E6A9 #A951E6

tetradic

#E6A951 #51E65E #518EE6 #E651D8

square

#E6A951 #51E65E #518EE6 #E651D8

split-complementary

#E6A951 #51D8E6 #5E51E6

monochromatic

#A56B18 #DA8E1F #E6A951 #EEC387 #F5DEBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#E6A951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.16

#E6A951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A951

10.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A951	1.00	2.07	10.16	10.16
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99996

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 169, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.126 73.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c285',
    500: '#e6a951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a951;
$custom-light: #f2c285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 35.436,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77583,
    "c": 0.12645,
    "h": 73.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A951

secondary

#ADC4E5

accent

#61D70E

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7EF

border

#D7D0CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A951

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

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