#E6BB59#E6BB59

#E6BB59 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.126 H 85.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BB59
RGB	rgb(230, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(42, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, 4.63, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 54.56, 85.13°)
OKLab	oklab(81.15% 0.0098 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(81.15% 0.126 85.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.2093, 53.0881, 16.9463)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BB59 #5984E6

analogous

#E67459 #E6BB59 #CBE659

triadic

#E6BB59 #59E6BB #BB59E6

tetradic

#E6BB59 #59E674 #5984E6 #E659CB

square

#E6BB59 #59E674 #5984E6 #E659CB

split-complementary

#E6BB59 #59CBE6 #7459E6

monochromatic

#AB7F1A #DEA524 #E6BB59 #EED18E #F6E7C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E6BB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#E6BB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BB59

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BB59	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBA4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.126 85.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf8b',
    500: '#e6bb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bb59;
$custom-light: #f1cf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.702,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81147,
    "c": 0.12584,
    "h": 85.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BB59

secondary

#375BAC

accent

#4CD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BB59

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

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