#E6B159#E6B159

#E6B159 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.122 H 78.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B159
RGB	rgb(230, 177, 89)
HSL	hsl(37, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(37, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 23%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.45, 9.90, 51.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.45, 52.49, 79.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.2% 0.0252 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(79.2% 0.122 78.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.1612, 48.9920, 16.2637)
Luminance	0.4899 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B159 #598EE6

analogous

#E66B59 #E6B159 #D4E659

triadic

#E6B159 #59E6B1 #B159E6

tetradic

#E6B159 #59E66B #598EE6 #E659D4

square

#E6B159 #59E66B #598EE6 #E659D4

split-complementary

#E6B159 #59D4E6 #6B59E6

monochromatic

#AB741A #DE9824 #E6B159 #EECA8E #F6E3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E6B159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.80

#E6B159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B159

10.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B159	1.00	1.94	10.80	10.80
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BF5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 177, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.122 78.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c88b',
    500: '#e6b159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b159;
$custom-light: #f1c88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.447,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79199,
    "c": 0.12204,
    "h": 78.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B159

secondary

#B4C7E7

accent

#5AD610

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B159

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

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