#E6B257#E6B257

#E6B257 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.124 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B257
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 87)
HSL	hsl(38, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(38, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, 9.23, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 53.55, 80.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% 0.023 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.124 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2766, 49.3553, 15.8934)
Luminance	0.4935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B257 #578BE6

analogous

#E66B57 #E6B257 #D2E657

triadic

#E6B257 #57E6B2 #B257E6

tetradic

#E6B257 #57E66B #578BE6 #E657D2

square

#E6B257 #57E66B #578BE6 #E657D2

split-complementary

#E6B257 #57D2E6 #6B57E6

monochromatic

#A97519 #DE9A22 #E6B257 #EECA8C #F6E3C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E6B257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#E6B257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B257

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B257	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.124 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c889',
    500: '#e6b257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b257;
$custom-light: #f2c889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.182,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7937,
    "c": 0.12389,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B257

secondary

#B2C5E7

accent

#58D60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B257

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

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