#E6B453#E6B453

#E6B453 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.128 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B453
RGB	rgb(230, 180, 83)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, 7.92, 55.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 55.68, 81.82°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% 0.0186 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.128 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.5186, 50.0934, 15.1901)
Luminance	0.5009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B453 #5385E6

analogous

#E66B53 #E6B453 #CEE653

triadic

#E6B453 #53E6B4 #B453E6

tetradic

#E6B453 #53E66B #5385E6 #E653CE

square

#E6B453 #53E66B #5385E6 #E653CE

split-complementary

#E6B453 #53CEE6 #6B53E6

monochromatic

#A67618 #DC9C20 #E6B453 #EECB88 #F6E3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#E6B453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#E6B453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B453

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B453	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 180, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.128 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca87',
    500: '#e6b453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b453;
$custom-light: #f2ca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.592,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79714,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B453

secondary

#355CA8

accent

#53D70F

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B453

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

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