#E6B651#E6B651

#E6B651 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.130 H 83.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B651
RGB	rgb(230, 182, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, 6.74, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 56.94, 83.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% 0.0149 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.13 83.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.8491, 50.8763, 14.9249)
Luminance	0.5087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B651 #5181E6

analogous

#E66B51 #E6B651 #CBE651

triadic

#E6B651 #51E6B6 #B651E6

tetradic

#E6B651 #51E66B #5181E6 #E651CB

square

#E6B651 #51E66B #5181E6 #E651CB

split-complementary

#E6B651 #51CBE6 #6B51E6

monochromatic

#A57718 #DA9E1F #E6B651 #EECC87 #F5E3BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E6B651 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.17

#E6B651 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B651

11.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B651	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B651	1.00	1.88	11.17	11.17
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A7A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b651;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 182, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.130 83.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cb86',
    500: '#e6b651',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b651;
$custom-light: #f2cb86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b651",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.671,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80083,
    "c": 0.12987,
    "h": 83.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.50873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B651

secondary

#3459A7

accent

#4FD70E

background

#FFFDFB

surface

#FFF9F2

border

#D7D2CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B651

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

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