#E6B462#E6B462

#E6B462 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.116 H 78.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B462
RGB	rgb(230, 180, 98)
HSL	hsl(37, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(37, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.7%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.28, 8.95, 48.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.28, 49.01, 79.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0236 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.116 78.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.1616, 50.3506, 18.5768)
Luminance	0.5035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B462 #6294E6

analogous

#E67262 #E6B462 #D6E662

triadic

#E6B462 #62E6B4 #B462E6

tetradic

#E6B462 #62E672 #6294E6 #E662D6

square

#E6B462 #62E672 #6294E6 #E662D6

split-complementary

#E6B462 #62D6E6 #7262E6

monochromatic

#B1791C #DE9B2D #E6B462 #EECD97 #F7E6CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E6B462 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.07

#E6B462 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B462

11.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B462	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B462	1.00	1.90	11.07	11.07
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B55B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b462;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 180, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.116 78.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1ca91',
    500: '#e6b462',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b462;
$custom-light: #f1ca91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b462",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.273,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79888,
    "c": 0.1156,
    "h": 78.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.50347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B462

secondary

#3A68B2

accent

#5BD511

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B462

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