#E6B556#E6B556

#E6B556 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.505; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.126 H 81.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B556
RGB	rgb(230, 181, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.40, 7.58, 54.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.40, 54.57, 82.01°)
OKLab	oklab(79.94% 0.018 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(79.94% 0.126 81.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.8395, 50.5460, 15.8809)
Luminance	0.5054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B556 #5687E6

analogous

#E66D56 #E6B556 #CFE656

triadic

#E6B556 #56E6B5 #B556E6

tetradic

#E6B556 #56E66D #5687E6 #E656CF

square

#E6B556 #56E66D #5687E6 #E656CF

split-complementary

#E6B556 #56CFE6 #6D56E6

monochromatic

#A97819 #DE9E21 #E6B556 #EECC8B #F6E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E6B556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#E6B556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B556

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B556	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)

#CAB54C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 181, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.126 81.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2ca89',
    500: '#e6b556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b556;
$custom-light: #f2ca89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7994,
    "c": 0.12567,
    "h": 81.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B556

secondary

#365DAA

accent

#53D60F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B556

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

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