#E6B361#E6B361

#E6B361 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.116 H 77.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B361
RGB	rgb(230, 179, 97)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, 9.41, 48.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 49.27, 78.99°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0248 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.116 77.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9135, 49.9296, 18.2627)
Luminance	0.4993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B361 #6194E6

analogous

#E67161 #E6B361 #D7E661

triadic

#E6B361 #61E6B3 #B361E6

tetradic

#E6B361 #61E671 #6194E6 #E661D7

square

#E6B361 #61E671 #6194E6 #E661D7

split-complementary

#E6B361 #61D7E6 #7161E6

monochromatic

#B1781C #DE9A2C #E6B361 #EECC96 #F7E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E6B361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#E6B361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B361

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B361	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B459

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 179, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.116 77.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c990',
    500: '#e6b361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b361;
$custom-light: #f1c990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.992,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79682,
    "c": 0.11614,
    "h": 77.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B361

secondary

#BACCE9

accent

#5CD511

background

#FFFCF8

surface

#FFF8F0

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B361

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

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