#E6B855#E6B855

#E6B855 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.128 H 84.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B855
RGB	rgb(230, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.14, 5.94, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.14, 55.64, 83.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% 0.0131 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.128 84.1)
XYZ	xyz(51.4161, 51.7631, 15.8757)
Luminance	0.5176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B855 #5583E6

analogous

#E67055 #E6B855 #CBE655

triadic

#E6B855 #55E6B8 #B855E6

tetradic

#E6B855 #55E670 #5583E6 #E655CB

square

#E6B855 #55E670 #5583E6 #E655CB

split-complementary

#E6B855 #55CBE6 #7055E6

monochromatic

#A87A19 #DDA121 #E6B855 #EECE8A #F6E5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E6B855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#E6B855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B855

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B855	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.128 84.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cd88',
    500: '#e6b855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b855;
$custom-light: #f2cd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.966,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80515,
    "c": 0.12764,
    "h": 84.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B855

secondary

#365AAA

accent

#4ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B855

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

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