#E6B451#E6B451

#E6B451 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.129 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B451
RGB	rgb(230, 180, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.11, 7.80, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.11, 56.54, 82.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.69% 0.018 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(79.69% 0.129 82)
XYZ	xyz(50.4424, 50.0630, 14.7893)
Luminance	0.5006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B451 #5183E6

analogous

#E66951 #E6B451 #CDE651

triadic

#E6B451 #51E6B4 #B451E6

tetradic

#E6B451 #51E669 #5183E6 #E651CD

square

#E6B451 #51E669 #5183E6 #E651CD

split-complementary

#E6B451 #51CDE6 #6951E6

monochromatic

#A57618 #DA9C1F #E6B451 #EECB87 #F5E2BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E6B451 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#E6B451 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B451

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B451	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B451	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)

#C9B446

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b451;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 180, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.129 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca86',
    500: '#e6b451',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b451;
$custom-light: #f2ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b451",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.866,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79693,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.5006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B451

secondary

#345BA7

accent

#52D70E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B451

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

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