#E6B255#E6B255

#E6B255 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 79.3% C 0.125 H 79.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B255
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.65, 9.10, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.65, 54.43, 80.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.35% 0.0223 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(79.35% 0.125 79.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.1960, 49.3231, 15.4691)
Luminance	0.4932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B255 #5589E6

analogous

#E66A55 #E6B255 #D1E655

triadic

#E6B255 #55E6B2 #B255E6

tetradic

#E6B255 #55E66A #5589E6 #E655D1

square

#E6B255 #55E66A #5589E6 #E655D1

split-complementary

#E6B255 #55D1E6 #6A55E6

monochromatic

#A87519 #DD9A21 #E6B255 #EECA8A #F6E2C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E6B255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#E6B255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B255

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B255	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)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C058

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.3% 0.125 79.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c888',
    500: '#e6b255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b255;
$custom-light: #f2c888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.483,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79347,
    "c": 0.12543,
    "h": 79.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B255

secondary

#B1C4E6

accent

#57D60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B255

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

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