#E6B951#E6B951

#E6B951 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.131 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B951
RGB	rgb(230, 185, 81)
HSL	hsl(42, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(42, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, 5.17, 57.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 57.59, 84.85°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% 0.0104 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.131 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.4701, 52.1182, 15.1318)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B951 #517EE6

analogous

#E66E51 #E6B951 #C8E651

triadic

#E6B951 #51E6B9 #B951E6

tetradic

#E6B951 #51E66E #517EE6 #E651C8

square

#E6B951 #51E66E #517EE6 #E651C8

split-complementary

#E6B951 #51C8E6 #6E51E6

monochromatic

#A57A18 #DAA21F #E6B951 #EECF87 #F5E4BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E6B951 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#E6B951 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B951

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B951	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B951	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)

#CEB845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b951;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 185, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.131 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cd86',
    500: '#e6b951',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b951;
$custom-light: #f2cd86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b951",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.879,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8067,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B951

secondary

#3457A7

accent

#4BD70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF2

border

#D7D3CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B951

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

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