#E6B240#E6B240

#E6B240 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.140 H 83.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B240
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(41, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(41, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.47, 7.94, 62.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.47, 63.11, 82.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79.15% 0.0163 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.15% 0.14 83.3)
XYZ	xyz(49.4820, 49.0375, 11.7085)
Luminance	0.4903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B240 #4074E6

analogous

#E65F40 #E6B240 #C7E640

triadic

#E6B240 #40E6B2 #B240E6

tetradic

#E6B240 #40E65F #4074E6 #E640C7

square

#E6B240 #40E65F #4074E6 #E640C7

split-complementary

#E6B240 #40C7E6 #5F40E6

monochromatic

#986E14 #CE961B #E6B240 #EDC876 #F4DEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E6B240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.81

#E6B240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B240

10.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B240	1.00	1.94	10.81	10.81
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5BF45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.140 83.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3c87b',
    500: '#e6b240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b240;
$custom-light: #f3c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.205,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79152,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 83.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B240

secondary

#9FB4E2

accent

#70F334

background

#FFFCF7

surface

#FFF8EE

border

#D7D1C9

text

#18130A

muted

#86827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B240

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

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