#E6B960#E6B960

#E6B960 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.119 H 82.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B960
RGB	rgb(230, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.50, 6.17, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.50, 50.95, 83.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% 0.0152 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.119 82.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.0960, 52.3686, 18.4283)
Luminance	0.5236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B960 #608DE6

analogous

#E67660 #E6B960 #D0E660

triadic

#E6B960 #60E6B9 #B960E6

tetradic

#E6B960 #60E676 #608DE6 #E660D0

square

#E6B960 #60E676 #608DE6 #E660D0

split-complementary

#E6B960 #60D0E6 #7660E6

monochromatic

#B07E1C #DEA22B #E6B960 #EED095 #F7E8CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E6B960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#E6B960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B960

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B960	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB958

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C463

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.119 82.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd90',
    500: '#e6b960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b960;
$custom-light: #f1cd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.851,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80835,
    "c": 0.11913,
    "h": 82.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B960

secondary

#3961B1

accent

#53D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B960

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

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