#E6A956#E6A956

#E6A956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.123 H 72.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6A956
RGB	rgb(230, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(35, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(35, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 26.5%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, 13.94, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 52.60, 74.63°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% 0.0367 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.123 72.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5037, 45.8745, 15.1023)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6A956 #5693E6

analogous

#E66156 #E6A956 #DBE656

triadic

#E6A956 #56E6A9 #A956E6

tetradic

#E6A956 #56E661 #5693E6 #E656DB

square

#E6A956 #56E661 #5693E6 #E656DB

split-complementary

#E6A956 #56DBE6 #6156E6

monochromatic

#A96C19 #DE8E21 #E6A956 #EEC48B #F6DFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#E6A956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#E6A956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6A956

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6A956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6A956	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99A96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6a956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.123 72.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c288',
    500: '#e6a956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6a956;
$custom-light: #f2c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6a956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 34.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77638,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 72.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45871
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6A956

secondary

#B1C8E6

accent

#64D60F

background

#FFFBF8

surface

#FFF7F0

border

#D7D0CB

text

#17120C

muted

#85817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6A956

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

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