#E6B656#E6B656

#E6B656 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.126 H 82.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B656
RGB	rgb(230, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(40, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(40, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.9%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.65, 7.06, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.65, 54.77, 82.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% 0.0165 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.126 82.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0436, 50.9541, 15.9489)
Luminance	0.5095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B656 #5686E6

analogous

#E66E56 #E6B656 #CEE656

triadic

#E6B656 #56E6B6 #B656E6

tetradic

#E6B656 #56E66E #5686E6 #E656CE

square

#E6B656 #56E66E #5686E6 #E656CE

split-complementary

#E6B656 #56CEE6 #6E56E6

monochromatic

#A97919 #DE9F21 #E6B656 #EECD8B #F6E4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#E6B656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.19

#E6B656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B656

11.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B656	1.00	1.88	11.19	11.19
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A7A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.126 82.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cb89',
    500: '#e6b656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b656;
$custom-light: #f2cb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80135,
    "c": 0.12605,
    "h": 82.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.50951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B656

secondary

#365DAA

accent

#52D60F

background

#FFFDFC

surface

#FFF9F4

border

#D7D2CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B656

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

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