#E6BB55#E6BB55
#E6BB55 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.129 H 86.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E6BB55 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(230, 187, 85) |
| HSL | hsl(42, 74%, 62%) |
| HSV | hsv(42, 63%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 63%, 9.8%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(77.89, 4.37, 56.15) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(77.89, 56.32, 85.55°) |
| OKLab | oklab(81.1% 0.0085 0.1288) |
| OKLCH | oklch(81.1% 0.129 86.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(52.0459, 53.0227, 16.0857) |
| Luminance | 0.5302 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Macaroni And Cheese
#EFB435
ΔE00 4.48
Mustard
#DBB42C
ΔE00 4.58
Maize
#F4D054
ΔE00 6.05
Desert
#CCAD60
ΔE00 6.05
Gold (survey)
#DBB40C
ΔE00 6.07
Sand (survey)
#E2CA76
ΔE00 6.34
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E6BB55 #5580E6
analogous
#E67355 #E6BB55 #C9E655
triadic
#E6BB55 #55E6BB #BB55E6
tetradic
#E6BB55 #55E673 #5580E6 #E655C9
square
#E6BB55 #55E673 #5580E6 #E655C9
split-complementary
#E6BB55 #55C9E6 #7355E6
monochromatic
#A87D19 #DDA521 #E6BB55 #EED08A #F6E6C0
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.81
#E6BB55 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
11.60
#E6BB55 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E6BB55
11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E6BB55 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E6BB55 | 1.00 | 1.81 | 11.60 | 11.60 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.81 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 11.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 11.60 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#CFBA4A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#DAC559
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8ACA5
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e6bb55; /* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 187, 85); /* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.129 86.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1cf89',
500: '#e6bb55',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e6bb55; $custom-light: #f1cf89; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e6bb55",
"rgb": {
"r": 230,
"g": 187,
"b": 85
},
"hsl": {
"h": 42.207,
"s": 74.359,
"l": 61.765
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.81104,
"c": 0.12903,
"h": 86.2
},
"luminance": 0.5302
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E6BB55
secondary
#3658AA
accent
#4AD60F
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17130C
muted
#85837F