#E6BD51#E6BD51

#E6BD51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.133 H 88.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BD51
RGB	rgb(230, 189, 81)
HSL	hsl(43, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(43, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.35, 3.07, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.35, 58.52, 86.99°)
OKLab	oklab(81.46% 0.0043 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(81.46% 0.133 88.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.3187, 53.8154, 15.4147)
Luminance	0.5381 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BD51 #517AE6

analogous

#E67251 #E6BD51 #C4E651

triadic

#E6BD51 #51E6BD #BD51E6

tetradic

#E6BD51 #51E672 #517AE6 #E651C4

square

#E6BD51 #51E672 #517AE6 #E651C4

split-complementary

#E6BD51 #51C4E6 #7251E6

monochromatic

#A57E18 #DAA71F #E6BD51 #EED187 #F5E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E6BD51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#E6BD51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BD51

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BD51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BD51	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)

#D1BB45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC656

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AEA6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bd51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 189, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.133 88.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d086',
    500: '#e6bd51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bd51;
$custom-light: #f2d086;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bd51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.49,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81459,
    "c": 0.13312,
    "h": 88.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BD51

secondary

#3454A7

accent

#46D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17130B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BD51

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

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