#E6B555#E6B555

#E6B555 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 82.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B555
RGB	rgb(230, 181, 85)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.39, 7.52, 54.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.39, 55.01, 82.14°)
OKLab	oklab(79.93% 0.0177 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(79.93% 0.126 82)
XYZ	xyz(50.7995, 50.5300, 15.6702)
Luminance	0.5053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B555 #5586E6

analogous

#E66D55 #E6B555 #CFE655

triadic

#E6B555 #55E6B5 #B555E6

tetradic

#E6B555 #55E66D #5586E6 #E655CF

square

#E6B555 #55E66D #5586E6 #E655CF

split-complementary

#E6B555 #55CFE6 #6D55E6

monochromatic

#A87819 #DD9D21 #E6B555 #EECC8A #F6E3C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E6B555 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#E6B555 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B555

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B555	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B555	1.00	1.89	11.11	11.11
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB54B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b555;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 181, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 82.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca88',
    500: '#e6b555',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b555;
$custom-light: #f2ca88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b555",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.724,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79929,
    "c": 0.12644,
    "h": 82
  },
  "luminance": 0.50527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B555

secondary

#365DAA

accent

#52D60F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F3

border

#D7D2CD

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B555

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

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