#E6B261#E6B261

#E6B261 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.116 H 76.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B261
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.78, 9.94, 48.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.78, 49.09, 78.32°)
OKLab	oklab(79.49% 0.0263 0.1128)
OKLCH	oklch(79.49% 0.116 76.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.7138, 49.5302, 18.1961)
Luminance	0.4953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B261 #6195E6

analogous

#E67061 #E6B261 #D8E661

triadic

#E6B261 #61E6B2 #B261E6

tetradic

#E6B261 #61E670 #6195E6 #E661D8

square

#E6B261 #61E670 #6195E6 #E661D8

split-complementary

#E6B261 #61D8E6 #7061E6

monochromatic

#B1771C #DE982C #E6B261 #EECC96 #F7E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#E6B261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#E6B261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B261

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B261	1.00	1.93	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B35A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.116 76.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c890',
    500: '#e6b261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b261;
$custom-light: #f1c890;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.541,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79489,
    "c": 0.11587,
    "h": 76.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B261

secondary

#BACCE9

accent

#5DD511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B261

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

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