#E6B253#E6B253

#E6B253 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.127 H 80.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B253
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, 8.98, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 55.30, 80.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.33% 0.0217 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(79.33% 0.127 80.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.1177, 49.2917, 15.0565)
Luminance	0.4929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B253 #5387E6

analogous

#E66953 #E6B253 #D0E653

triadic

#E6B253 #53E6B2 #B253E6

tetradic

#E6B253 #53E669 #5387E6 #E653D0

square

#E6B253 #53E669 #5387E6 #E653D0

split-complementary

#E6B253 #53D0E6 #6953E6

monochromatic

#A67418 #DC9920 #E6B253 #EECA88 #F6E2BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E6B253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#E6B253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B253

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B253	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B349

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.127 80.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c887',
    500: '#e6b253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b253;
$custom-light: #f2c887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.776,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79326,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 80.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B253

secondary

#AFC2E6

accent

#55D70F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B253

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

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