#E6B962#E6B962

#E6B962 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.117 H 82.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B962
RGB	rgb(230, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(40, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(40, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, 6.32, 49.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 50.04, 82.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% 0.0158 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.117 82.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.1892, 52.4059, 18.9194)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B962 #628FE6

analogous

#E67762 #E6B962 #D1E662

triadic

#E6B962 #62E6B9 #B962E6

tetradic

#E6B962 #62E677 #628FE6 #E662D1

square

#E6B962 #62E677 #628FE6 #E662D1

split-complementary

#E6B962 #62D1E6 #7762E6

monochromatic

#B17F1C #DEA12D #E6B962 #EED197 #F7E8CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#E6B962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#E6B962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B962

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B962	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB95A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C465

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8ABA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.117 82.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cd91',
    500: '#e6b962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b962;
$custom-light: #f1cd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 39.545,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8086,
    "c": 0.11742,
    "h": 82.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B962

secondary

#3A63B2

accent

#54D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFAF4

border

#D7D3CE

text

#17130D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B962

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

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