#E6B559#E6B559

#E6B559 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.123 H 81.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B559
RGB	rgb(230, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(39, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(39, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.43, 7.78, 52.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.43, 53.24, 81.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.97% 0.019 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(79.97% 0.123 81.1)
XYZ	xyz(50.9629, 50.5953, 16.5309)
Luminance	0.5059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B559 #598AE6

analogous

#E66F59 #E6B559 #D0E659

triadic

#E6B559 #59E6B5 #B559E6

tetradic

#E6B559 #59E66F #598AE6 #E659D0

square

#E6B559 #59E66F #598AE6 #E659D0

split-complementary

#E6B559 #59D0E6 #6F59E6

monochromatic

#AB781A #DE9D24 #E6B559 #EECD8E #F6E4C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#E6B559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#E6B559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B559

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B559	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B550

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A6A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.123 81.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb8b',
    500: '#e6b559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b559;
$custom-light: #f1cb8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.149,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79973,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 81.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.50592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B559

secondary

#3760AC

accent

#55D610

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B559

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

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