#E6B856#E6B856

#E6B856 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 83.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B856
RGB	rgb(230, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.15, 6.01, 54.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.15, 55.20, 83.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% 0.0134 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.127 83.9)
XYZ	xyz(51.4561, 51.7791, 16.0864)
Luminance	0.5178 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B856 #5684E6

analogous

#E67056 #E6B856 #CCE656

triadic

#E6B856 #56E6B8 #B856E6

tetradic

#E6B856 #56E670 #5684E6 #E656CC

square

#E6B856 #56E670 #5684E6 #E656CC

split-complementary

#E6B856 #56CCE6 #7056E6

monochromatic

#A97B19 #DEA221 #E6B856 #EECE8B #F6E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#E6B856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#E6B856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B856

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B856	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8A9A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 83.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd89',
    500: '#e6b856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b856;
$custom-light: #f1cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 40.833,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80525,
    "c": 0.12686,
    "h": 83.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B856

secondary

#365BAA

accent

#4FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B856

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

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