#E6B543#E6B543

#E6B543 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.503; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.139 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B543
RGB	rgb(230, 181, 67)
HSL	hsl(42, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(42, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 70.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.24, 6.50, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.24, 62.51, 84.03°)
OKLab	oklab(79.76% 0.0125 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(79.76% 0.139 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.1731, 50.2794, 12.3714)
Luminance	0.5028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B543 #4374E6

analogous

#E66343 #E6B543 #C6E643

triadic

#E6B543 #43E6B5 #B543E6

tetradic

#E6B543 #43E663 #4374E6 #E643C6

square

#E6B543 #43E663 #4374E6 #E643C6

split-complementary

#E6B543 #43C6E6 #6343E6

monochromatic

#9A7214 #D09A1C #E6B543 #EDCA79 #F4E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.90

#E6B543 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.06

#E6B543 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B543

11.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B543	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B543	1.00	1.90	11.06	11.06
#FFFFFF	1.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB534

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b543;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 181, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.139 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca7d',
    500: '#e6b543',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b543;
$custom-light: #f2ca7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b543",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.963,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7976,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B543

secondary

#30519E

accent

#6EF335

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B543

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

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