#E6B351#E6B351

#E6B351 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.129 H 81.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B351
RGB	rgb(230, 179, 81)
HSL	hsl(39, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(39, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.86, 8.32, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.86, 56.35, 81.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.5% 0.0195 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(79.5% 0.129 81.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.2413, 49.6607, 14.7223)
Luminance	0.4966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B351 #5184E6

analogous

#E66851 #E6B351 #CEE651

triadic

#E6B351 #51E6B3 #B351E6

tetradic

#E6B351 #51E668 #5184E6 #E651CE

square

#E6B351 #51E668 #5184E6 #E651CE

split-complementary

#E6B351 #51CEE6 #6851E6

monochromatic

#A57518 #DA9A1F #E6B351 #EECA87 #F5E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E6B351 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#E6B351 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B351

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B351	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B351	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b351;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 179, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.129 81.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c986',
    500: '#e6b351',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b351;
$custom-light: #f2c986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b351",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.463,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79499,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 81.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B351

secondary

#ADC1E5

accent

#53D70E

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130B

muted

#85827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B351

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

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