#E6B140#E6B140

#E6B140 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.140 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B140
RGB	rgb(230, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, 8.47, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 62.93, 82.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.96% 0.0178 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(78.96% 0.14 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(49.2838, 48.6410, 11.6424)
Luminance	0.4864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B140 #4075E6

analogous

#E65E40 #E6B140 #C8E640

triadic

#E6B140 #40E6B1 #B140E6

tetradic

#E6B140 #40E65E #4075E6 #E640C8

square

#E6B140 #40E65E #4075E6 #E640C8

split-complementary

#E6B140 #40C8E6 #5E40E6

monochromatic

#986E14 #CE951B #E6B140 #EDC776 #F4DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#E6B140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#E6B140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B140

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B140	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A19A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.140 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c87b',
    500: '#e6b140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b140;
$custom-light: #f3c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.843,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78958,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B140

secondary

#9FB5E2

accent

#71F334

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B140

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

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