#E6AC51#E6AC51

#E6AC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.127 H 76.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AC51
RGB	rgb(230, 172, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 25.2%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, 12.03, 53.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 55.16, 77.40°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% 0.0304 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.127 76.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.8738, 46.9257, 14.2664)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AC51 #518BE6

analogous

#E66151 #E6AC51 #D6E651

triadic

#E6AC51 #51E6AC #AC51E6

tetradic

#E6AC51 #51E661 #518BE6 #E651D6

square

#E6AC51 #51E661 #518BE6 #E651D6

split-complementary

#E6AC51 #51D6E6 #6151E6

monochromatic

#A56E18 #DA921F #E6AC51 #EEC687 #F5DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#E6AC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#E6AC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AC51

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AC51	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ac51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 172, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.127 76.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c485',
    500: '#e6ac51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ac51;
$custom-light: #f2c485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ac51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.644,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78152,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 76.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AC51

secondary

#ADC3E5

accent

#5DD70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AC51

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

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