#E6B851#E6B851

#E6B851 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.131 H 84.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B851
RGB	rgb(230, 184, 81)
HSL	hsl(41, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(41, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.10, 5.69, 57.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.10, 57.37, 84.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% 0.0119 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.131 84.8)
XYZ	xyz(51.2616, 51.7013, 15.0624)
Luminance	0.5170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B851 #517FE6

analogous

#E66D51 #E6B851 #C9E651

triadic

#E6B851 #51E6B8 #B851E6

tetradic

#E6B851 #51E66D #517FE6 #E651C9

square

#E6B851 #51E66D #517FE6 #E651C9

split-complementary

#E6B851 #51C9E6 #6D51E6

monochromatic

#A57918 #DAA11F #E6B851 #EECE87 #F5E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E6B851 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#E6B851 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B851

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B851	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B851	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)

#CDB746

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b851;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 184, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.131 84.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cd86',
    500: '#e6b851',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b851;
$custom-light: #f2cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b851",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.477,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80474,
    "c": 0.1307,
    "h": 84.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B851

secondary

#3458A7

accent

#4CD70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B851

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

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