#E6BC57#E6BC57

#E6BC57 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.128 H 86.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BC57
RGB	rgb(230, 188, 87)
HSL	hsl(42, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(42, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, 3.97, 55.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 55.68, 85.91°)
OKLab	oklab(81.32% 0.0076 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(81.32% 0.128 86.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.3393, 53.4807, 16.5810)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BC57 #5781E6

analogous

#E67557 #E6BC57 #C8E657

triadic

#E6BC57 #57E6BC #BC57E6

tetradic

#E6BC57 #57E675 #5781E6 #E657C8

square

#E6BC57 #57E675 #5781E6 #E657C8

split-complementary

#E6BC57 #57C8E6 #7557E6

monochromatic

#A97F19 #DEA722 #E6BC57 #EED18C #F6E6C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#E6BC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#E6BC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BC57

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BC57	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8ADA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 188, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.128 86.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1cf8a',
    500: '#e6bc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bc57;
$custom-light: #f1cf8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.378,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81322,
    "c": 0.12795,
    "h": 86.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BC57

secondary

#3659AB

accent

#4AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17130C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BC57

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

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