#E6B252#E6B252

#E6B252 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.128 H 80.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B252
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.62, 8.91, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.62, 55.73, 80.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.32% 0.0214 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(79.32% 0.128 80.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.0794, 49.2764, 14.8546)
Luminance	0.4927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B252 #5286E6

analogous

#E66852 #E6B252 #D0E652

triadic

#E6B252 #52E6B2 #B252E6

tetradic

#E6B252 #52E668 #5286E6 #E652D0

square

#E6B252 #52E668 #5286E6 #E652D0

split-complementary

#E6B252 #52D0E6 #6852E6

monochromatic

#A67418 #DB9920 #E6B252 #EECA87 #F5E2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E6B252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#E6B252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B252

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B252	1.00	1.93	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.93	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)

#C7B348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.128 80.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c886',
    500: '#e6b252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b252;
$custom-light: #f2c886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.919,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79315,
    "c": 0.12769,
    "h": 80.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B252

secondary

#AEC2E6

accent

#55D70F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B252

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

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