#E6B155#E6B155

#E6B155 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.125 H 79.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B155
RGB	rgb(230, 177, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, 9.63, 53.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 54.25, 79.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0239 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.125 79)
XYZ	xyz(49.9978, 48.9266, 15.4030)
Luminance	0.4892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B155 #558AE6

analogous

#E66955 #E6B155 #D3E655

triadic

#E6B155 #55E6B1 #B155E6

tetradic

#E6B155 #55E669 #558AE6 #E655D3

square

#E6B155 #55E669 #558AE6 #E655D3

split-complementary

#E6B155 #55D3E6 #6955E6

monochromatic

#A87419 #DD9821 #E6B155 #EEC98A #F6E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#E6B155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#E6B155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B155

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B155	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 177, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.125 79.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c888',
    500: '#e6b155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b155;
$custom-light: #f2c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.069,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79154,
    "c": 0.12514,
    "h": 79
  },
  "luminance": 0.48923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B155

secondary

#B1C4E6

accent

#58D60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B155

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

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