#E6B250#E6B250

#E6B250 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.129 H 80.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B250
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 80)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, 8.79, 55.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 56.59, 81.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.3% 0.0208 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(79.3% 0.129 80.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.0044, 49.2464, 14.4597)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B250 #5084E6

analogous

#E66750 #E6B250 #CFE650

triadic

#E6B250 #50E6B2 #B250E6

tetradic

#E6B250 #50E667 #5084E6 #E650CF

square

#E6B250 #50E667 #5084E6 #E650CF

split-complementary

#E6B250 #50CFE6 #6750E6

monochromatic

#A47317 #DA991F #E6B250 #EECA86 #F5E1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E6B250 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#E6B250 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B250

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B250	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B250	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B345

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b250;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.129 80.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c885',
    500: '#e6b250',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b250;
$custom-light: #f2c885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b250",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.2,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79295,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 80.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B250

secondary

#ACC0E5

accent

#54D70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8EF

border

#D7D1CA

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B250

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

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