#E6B850#E6B850

#E6B850 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 85.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B850
RGB	rgb(230, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, 5.63, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 57.79, 84.41°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% 0.0116 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.131 85)
XYZ	xyz(51.2244, 51.6864, 14.8663)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B850 #507EE6

analogous

#E66D50 #E6B850 #C9E650

triadic

#E6B850 #50E6B8 #B850E6

tetradic

#E6B850 #50E66D #507EE6 #E650C9

square

#E6B850 #50E66D #507EE6 #E650C9

split-complementary

#E6B850 #50C9E6 #6D50E6

monochromatic

#A47917 #DAA01F #E6B850 #EECE86 #F5E3BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E6B850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#E6B850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B850

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B850	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 85.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cd85',
    500: '#e6b850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b850;
$custom-light: #f2cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.6,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80464,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 85
  },
  "luminance": 0.51683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B850

secondary

#3457A6

accent

#4CD70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B850

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

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