#E6B561#E6B561

#E6B561 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.117 H 79.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B561
RGB	rgb(230, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(38, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(38, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.3%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.52, 8.35, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.52, 49.66, 80.32°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% 0.0217 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.117 79.3)
XYZ	xyz(51.3173, 50.7371, 18.3973)
Luminance	0.5073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B561 #6192E6

analogous

#E67361 #E6B561 #D5E661

triadic

#E6B561 #61E6B5 #B561E6

tetradic

#E6B561 #61E673 #6192E6 #E661D5

square

#E6B561 #61E673 #6192E6 #E661D5

split-complementary

#E6B561 #61D5E6 #7361E6

monochromatic

#B17A1C #DE9C2C #E6B561 #EECE96 #F7E6CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E6B561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#E6B561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B561

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B561	1.00	1.88	11.15	11.15
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A7A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.117 79.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cb90',
    500: '#e6b561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b561;
$custom-light: #f1cb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 37.895,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80069,
    "c": 0.11676,
    "h": 79.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B561

secondary

#3A66B1

accent

#59D511

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B561

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

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