#E6B456#E6B456

#E6B456 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.125 H 81.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B456
RGB	rgb(230, 180, 86)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.16, 8.11, 53.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.16, 54.37, 81.42°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% 0.0196 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.125 81)
XYZ	xyz(50.6369, 50.1408, 15.8134)
Luminance	0.5014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B456 #5688E6

analogous

#E66C56 #E6B456 #D0E656

triadic

#E6B456 #56E6B4 #B456E6

tetradic

#E6B456 #56E66C #5688E6 #E656D0

square

#E6B456 #56E66C #5688E6 #E656D0

split-complementary

#E6B456 #56D0E6 #6C56E6

monochromatic

#A97719 #DE9C21 #E6B456 #EECC8B #F6E3C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E6B456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#E6B456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B456

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B456	1.00	1.90	11.03	11.03
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 180, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.125 81.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca89',
    500: '#e6b456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b456;
$custom-light: #f2ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79746,
    "c": 0.12532,
    "h": 81
  },
  "luminance": 0.50137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B456

secondary

#365EAA

accent

#54D60F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B456

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

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