#E6B950#E6B950

#E6B950 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.132 H 85.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B950
RGB	rgb(230, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, 5.11, 57.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 58.01, 84.95°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% 0.0101 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.132 85.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.4329, 52.1034, 14.9358)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B950 #507DE6

analogous

#E66E50 #E6B950 #C8E650

triadic

#E6B950 #50E6B9 #B950E6

tetradic

#E6B950 #50E66E #507DE6 #E650C8

square

#E6B950 #50E66E #507DE6 #E650C8

split-complementary

#E6B950 #50C8E6 #6E50E6

monochromatic

#A47A17 #DAA21F #E6B950 #EECE86 #F5E4BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E6B950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#E6B950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B950

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B950	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.132 85.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cd85',
    500: '#e6b950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b950;
$custom-light: #f2cd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8066,
    "c": 0.13189,
    "h": 85.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B950

secondary

#3456A6

accent

#4BD70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B950

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

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