#E6B251#E6B251

#E6B251 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.128 H 80.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B251
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.61, 8.85, 55.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.61, 56.16, 80.93°)
OKLab	oklab(79.31% 0.0211 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(79.31% 0.128 80.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.0416, 49.2613, 14.6557)
Luminance	0.4926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B251 #5185E6

analogous

#E66751 #E6B251 #D0E651

triadic

#E6B251 #51E6B2 #B251E6

tetradic

#E6B251 #51E667 #5185E6 #E651D0

square

#E6B251 #51E667 #5185E6 #E651D0

split-complementary

#E6B251 #51D0E6 #6751E6

monochromatic

#A57418 #DA991F #E6B251 #EECA87 #F5E1BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#E6B251 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#E6B251 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B251

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B251	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B251	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)

#C7B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b251;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.128 80.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c886',
    500: '#e6b251',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b251;
$custom-light: #f2c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b251",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.06,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79305,
    "c": 0.12843,
    "h": 80.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B251

secondary

#ADC1E5

accent

#54D70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B251

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

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