#E6B956#E6B956

#E6B956 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.127 H 84.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B956
RGB	rgb(230, 185, 86)
HSL	hsl(41, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(41, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, 5.48, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 55.42, 84.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% 0.0119 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.127 84.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.6645, 52.1960, 16.1559)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B956 #5683E6

analogous

#E67156 #E6B956 #CBE656

triadic

#E6B956 #56E6B9 #B956E6

tetradic

#E6B956 #56E671 #5683E6 #E656CB

square

#E6B956 #56E671 #5683E6 #E656CB

split-complementary

#E6B956 #56CBE6 #7156E6

monochromatic

#A97C19 #DEA321 #E6B956 #EECF8B #F6E5C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#E6B956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#E6B956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B956

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B956	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AAA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 185, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.127 84.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd89',
    500: '#e6b956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b956;
$custom-light: #f1cd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.25,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80721,
    "c": 0.12731,
    "h": 84.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B956

secondary

#365AAA

accent

#4DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B956

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

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