#E6B450#E6B450

#E6B450 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.130 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B450
RGB	rgb(230, 180, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.10, 7.74, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.10, 56.97, 82.19°)
OKLab	oklab(79.68% 0.0177 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(79.68% 0.13 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(50.4052, 50.0481, 14.5933)
Luminance	0.5004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B450 #5082E6

analogous

#E66950 #E6B450 #CDE650

triadic

#E6B450 #50E6B4 #B450E6

tetradic

#E6B450 #50E669 #5082E6 #E650CD

square

#E6B450 #50E669 #5082E6 #E650CD

split-complementary

#E6B450 #50CDE6 #6950E6

monochromatic

#A47517 #DA9B1F #E6B450 #EECB86 #F5E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E6B450 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#E6B450 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B450

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B450	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B450	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b450;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 180, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.130 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca85',
    500: '#e6b450',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b450;
$custom-light: #f2ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b450",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79683,
    "c": 0.12985,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B450

secondary

#345AA6

accent

#51D70E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B450

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

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