#E6AD51#E6AD51

#E6AD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.127 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6AD51
RGB	rgb(230, 173, 81)
HSL	hsl(37, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(37, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 24.8%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.39, 11.50, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.39, 55.31, 78.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% 0.0288 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.127 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(49.0648, 47.3078, 14.3301)
Luminance	0.4730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6AD51 #518AE6

analogous

#E66251 #E6AD51 #D4E651

triadic

#E6AD51 #51E6AD #AD51E6

tetradic

#E6AD51 #51E662 #518AE6 #E651D4

square

#E6AD51 #51E662 #518AE6 #E651D4

split-complementary

#E6AD51 #51D4E6 #6251E6

monochromatic

#A56F18 #DA931F #E6AD51 #EEC687 #F5DFBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#E6AD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.46

#E6AD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6AD51

10.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6AD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6AD51	1.00	2.01	10.46	10.46
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F99D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ad51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 173, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.127 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c585',
    500: '#e6ad51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ad51;
$custom-light: #f2c585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ad51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.047,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78343,
    "c": 0.12712,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6AD51

secondary

#ADC3E5

accent

#5BD70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17120B

muted

#85817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6AD51

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

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