#E6BC51#E6BC51

#E6BC51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.133 H 87.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BC51
RGB	rgb(230, 188, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, 3.60, 58.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 58.28, 86.46°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% 0.0058 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.133 87.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.1043, 53.3867, 15.3433)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BC51 #517BE6

analogous

#E67151 #E6BC51 #C5E651

triadic

#E6BC51 #51E6BC #BC51E6

tetradic

#E6BC51 #51E671 #517BE6 #E651C5

square

#E6BC51 #51E671 #517BE6 #E651C5

split-complementary

#E6BC51 #51C5E6 #7151E6

monochromatic

#A57D18 #DAA61F #E6BC51 #EED187 #F5E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E6BC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#E6BC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BC51

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BC51	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8ADA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 188, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.133 87.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2cf86',
    500: '#e6bc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bc51;
$custom-light: #f2cf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.087,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81261,
    "c": 0.1326,
    "h": 87.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BC51

secondary

#3455A7

accent

#47D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BC51

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

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