#E6B262#E6B262

#E6B262 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.495; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.115 H 76.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B262
RGB	rgb(230, 178, 98)
HSL	hsl(36, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(36, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.6%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.79, 10.01, 47.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.79, 48.64, 78.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% 0.0267 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.115 76.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.7608, 49.5490, 18.4432)
Luminance	0.4955 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B262 #6296E6

analogous

#E67062 #E6B262 #D8E662

triadic

#E6B262 #62E6B2 #B262E6

tetradic

#E6B262 #62E670 #6296E6 #E662D8

square

#E6B262 #62E670 #6296E6 #E662D8

split-complementary

#E6B262 #62D8E6 #7062E6

monochromatic

#B1771C #DE982D #E6B262 #EECC97 #F7E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E6B262 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#E6B262 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B262

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B262	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B262	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	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)

#C6B35B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b262;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 178, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.115 76.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c891',
    500: '#e6b262',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b262;
$custom-light: #f1c891;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b262",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.364,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79502,
    "c": 0.11503,
    "h": 76.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B262

secondary

#BBCDE9

accent

#5ED511

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B262

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

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