#E6B550#E6B550

#E6B550 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.504; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.130 H 82.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B550
RGB	rgb(230, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.35, 7.21, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.35, 57.17, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% 0.0162 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.13 82.9)
XYZ	xyz(50.6078, 50.4533, 14.6608)
Luminance	0.5045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B550 #5081E6

analogous

#E66A50 #E6B550 #CCE650

triadic

#E6B550 #50E6B5 #B550E6

tetradic

#E6B550 #50E66A #5081E6 #E650CC

square

#E6B550 #50E66A #5081E6 #E650CC

split-complementary

#E6B550 #50CCE6 #6A50E6

monochromatic

#A47617 #DA9D1F #E6B550 #EECC86 #F5E2BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E6B550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E6B550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B550

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B550	1.00	1.89	11.09	11.09
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.130 82.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca85',
    500: '#e6b550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b550;
$custom-light: #f2ca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.4,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79877,
    "c": 0.13022,
    "h": 82.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B550

secondary

#3459A6

accent

#50D70E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B550

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

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