#E6B999#E6B999

#E6B999 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.068 H 57.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6B999
RGB	rgb(230, 185, 153)
HSL	hsl(25, 61%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(25, 33%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.6%, 33.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.36, 11.78, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.36, 25.30, 62.25°)
OKLab	oklab(81.79% 0.0369 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(81.79% 0.068 57)
XYZ	xyz(55.7332, 53.8235, 37.5841)
Luminance	0.5382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6B999 #99C6E6

analogous

#E6999F #E6B999 #E6DF99

triadic

#E6B999 #99E6B9 #B999E6

tetradic

#E6B999 #9FE699 #99C6E6 #DF99E6

square

#E6B999 #9FE699 #99C6E6 #DF99E6

split-complementary

#E6B999 #99E6DF #999FE6

monochromatic

#CE7637 #DA9768 #E6B999 #F2DBCA #F9EEE6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E6B999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#E6B999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6B999

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6B999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6B999	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6BC97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C699

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3B0B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6b999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 185, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.068 57.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efceb7',
    500: '#e6b999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6b999;
$custom-light: #efceb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6b999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 24.935,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 75.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81787,
    "c": 0.06771,
    "h": 57
  },
  "luminance": 0.53821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6B999

secondary

#6399C0

accent

#81C81D

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFAF8

border

#D6D3D1

text

#171311

muted

#858381

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6B999

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

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