#E6B551#E6B551

#E6B551 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.129 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B551
RGB	rgb(230, 181, 81)
HSL	hsl(40, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(40, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.36, 7.27, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.36, 56.74, 82.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.89% 0.0165 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(79.89% 0.129 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.6450, 50.4682, 14.8568)
Luminance	0.5047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B551 #5182E6

analogous

#E66A51 #E6B551 #CDE651

triadic

#E6B551 #51E6B5 #B551E6

tetradic

#E6B551 #51E66A #5182E6 #E651CD

square

#E6B551 #51E66A #5182E6 #E651CD

split-complementary

#E6B551 #51CDE6 #6A51E6

monochromatic

#A57618 #DA9D1F #E6B551 #EECC87 #F5E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E6B551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.09

#E6B551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B551

11.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B551	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)

#CAB546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 181, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.129 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca86',
    500: '#e6b551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b551;
$custom-light: #f2ca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.268,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79888,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B551

secondary

#345AA7

accent

#50D70E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B551

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

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