#E6B457#E6B457

#E6B457 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.502; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.125 H 80.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B457
RGB	rgb(230, 180, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.17, 8.18, 53.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.17, 53.93, 81.28°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0199 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.125 80.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.6775, 50.1570, 16.0270)
Luminance	0.5015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B457 #5789E6

analogous

#E66D57 #E6B457 #D0E657

triadic

#E6B457 #57E6B4 #B457E6

tetradic

#E6B457 #57E66D #5789E6 #E657D0

square

#E6B457 #57E66D #5789E6 #E657D0

split-complementary

#E6B457 #57D0E6 #6D57E6

monochromatic

#A97719 #DE9C22 #E6B457 #EECC8C #F6E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E6B457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.03

#E6B457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B457

11.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B457	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)

#C9B44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 180, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.125 80.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca89',
    500: '#e6b457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b457;
$custom-light: #f2ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.021,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79757,
    "c": 0.12454,
    "h": 80.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B457

secondary

#365FAB

accent

#55D60F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B457

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

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