#E6C052#E6C052

#E6C052 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.134 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C052
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, 1.57, 58.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 58.85, 88.47°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% 0.0001 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.134 90)
XYZ	xyz(53.0084, 55.1345, 15.8310)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C052 #5278E6

analogous

#E67652 #E6C052 #C2E652

triadic

#E6C052 #52E6C0 #C052E6

tetradic

#E6C052 #52E676 #5278E6 #E652C2

square

#E6C052 #52E676 #5278E6 #E652C2

split-complementary

#E6C052 #52C2E6 #7652E6

monochromatic

#A68118 #DBAB20 #E6C052 #EED387 #F5E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E6C052 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#E6C052 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C052

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C052	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C052	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC857

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c052;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.134 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d287',
    500: '#e6c052',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c052;
$custom-light: #f1d287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c052",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.595,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82065,
    "c": 0.13403,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.55131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C052

secondary

#3452A8

accent

#42D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C052

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

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