#E6B557#E6B557

#E6B557 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.125 H 81.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B557
RGB	rgb(230, 181, 87)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(39, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.41, 7.65, 53.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.41, 54.13, 81.88°)
OKLab	oklab(79.95% 0.0183 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(79.95% 0.125 81.6)
XYZ	xyz(50.8801, 50.5622, 16.0946)
Luminance	0.5056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B557 #5788E6

analogous

#E66E57 #E6B557 #CFE657

triadic

#E6B557 #57E6B5 #B557E6

tetradic

#E6B557 #57E66E #5788E6 #E657CF

square

#E6B557 #57E66E #5788E6 #E657CF

split-complementary

#E6B557 #57CFE6 #6E57E6

monochromatic

#A97819 #DE9E22 #E6B557 #EECC8C #F6E4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E6B557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.11

#E6B557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B557

11.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B557	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)

#CAB54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 181, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.125 81.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb8a',
    500: '#e6b557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b557;
$custom-light: #f1cb8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.441,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79951,
    "c": 0.12488,
    "h": 81.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.50559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B557

secondary

#365EAB

accent

#53D60F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B557

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

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