#E6BE51#E6BE51

#E6BE51 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.134 H 88.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BE51
RGB	rgb(230, 190, 81)
HSL	hsl(44, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(44, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.4%, 64.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.61, 2.55, 58.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.61, 58.77, 87.51°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% 0.0028 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.134 88.8)
XYZ	xyz(52.5345, 54.2471, 15.4867)
Luminance	0.5424 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BE51 #5179E6

analogous

#E67351 #E6BE51 #C3E651

triadic

#E6BE51 #51E6BE #BE51E6

tetradic

#E6BE51 #51E673 #5179E6 #E651C3

square

#E6BE51 #51E673 #5179E6 #E651C3

split-complementary

#E6BE51 #51C3E6 #7351E6

monochromatic

#A57F18 #DAA81F #E6BE51 #EED287 #F5E6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#E6BE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.85

#E6BE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BE51

11.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BE51	1.00	1.77	11.85	11.85
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8AFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6be51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 190, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.134 88.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d186',
    500: '#e6be51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6be51;
$custom-light: #f2d186;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6be51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.893,
    "s": 74.874,
    "l": 60.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81657,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 88.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54244
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BE51

secondary

#3453A7

accent

#44D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BE51

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

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