#E6B356#E6B356

#E6B356 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.125 H 80.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B356
RGB	rgb(230, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, 8.64, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 54.18, 80.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.55% 0.0211 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(79.55% 0.125 80.3)
XYZ	xyz(50.4357, 49.7385, 15.7463)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B356 #5689E6

analogous

#E66B56 #E6B356 #D1E656

triadic

#E6B356 #56E6B3 #B356E6

tetradic

#E6B356 #56E66B #5689E6 #E656D1

square

#E6B356 #56E66B #5689E6 #E656D1

split-complementary

#E6B356 #56D1E6 #6B56E6

monochromatic

#A97619 #DE9B21 #E6B356 #EECB8B #F6E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#E6B356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#E6B356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B356

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B356	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.125 80.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2c989',
    500: '#e6b356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b356;
$custom-light: #f2c989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 38.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79552,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 80.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49735
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B356

secondary

#B1C4E6

accent

#56D60F

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130C

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B356

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

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