#E6B648#E6B648

#E6B648 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.507; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.136 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B648
RGB	rgb(230, 182, 72)
HSL	hsl(42, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(42, 69%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 68.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.53, 6.23, 60.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.53, 60.71, 84.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80% 0.0123 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.136 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.5337, 50.7501, 13.2638)
Luminance	0.5075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B648 #4878E6

analogous

#E66748 #E6B648 #C7E648

triadic

#E6B648 #48E6B6 #B648E6

tetradic

#E6B648 #48E667 #4878E6 #E648C7

square

#E6B648 #48E667 #4878E6 #E648C7

split-complementary

#E6B648 #48C7E6 #6748E6

monochromatic

#9E7516 #D49C1D #E6B648 #EDCB7E #F5E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E6B648 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.15

#E6B648 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B648

11.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B648	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B648	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)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b648;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 182, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.136 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cb80',
    500: '#e6b648',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b648;
$custom-light: #f2cb80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b648",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.772,
    "s": 75.962,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79998,
    "c": 0.13629,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.50747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B648

secondary

#3153A1

accent

#6FF335

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#18130B

muted

#86827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B648

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

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