#E6B362#E6B362

#E6B362 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.115 H 77.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B362
RGB	rgb(230, 179, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.2%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, 9.48, 47.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 48.82, 78.80°)
OKLab	oklab(79.7% 0.0251 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(79.7% 0.115 77.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.9605, 49.9483, 18.5098)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B362 #6295E6

analogous

#E67162 #E6B362 #D7E662

triadic

#E6B362 #62E6B3 #B362E6

tetradic

#E6B362 #62E671 #6295E6 #E662D7

square

#E6B362 #62E671 #6295E6 #E662D7

split-complementary

#E6B362 #62D7E6 #7162E6

monochromatic

#B1781C #DE992D #E6B362 #EECD97 #F7E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E6B362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#E6B362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B362

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B362	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)

#C7B45B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A5A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 179, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.115 77.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1c991',
    500: '#e6b362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b362;
$custom-light: #f1c991;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.818,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79695,
    "c": 0.11531,
    "h": 77.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B362

secondary

#BBCDE9

accent

#5DD511

background

#FFFCF9

surface

#FFF8F1

border

#D7D1CB

text

#17130D

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B362

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