#E6C155#E6C155

#E6C155 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.132 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C155
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 85)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.40, 1.24, 57.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.40, 57.82, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(82.29% -0.0005 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(82.29% 0.132 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.3454, 55.6218, 16.5188)
Luminance	0.5562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C155 #557AE6

analogous

#E67955 #E6C155 #C2E655

triadic

#E6C155 #55E6C1 #C155E6

tetradic

#E6C155 #55E679 #557AE6 #E655C2

square

#E6C155 #55E679 #557AE6 #E655C2

split-complementary

#E6C155 #55C2E6 #7955E6

monochromatic

#A88319 #DDAD21 #E6C155 #EED48A #F6E8C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E6C155 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#E6C155 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C155

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C155	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C155	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC95A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B2AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c155;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.132 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d389',
    500: '#e6c155',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c155;
$custom-light: #f1d389;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c155",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.69,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82293,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C155

secondary

#3653AA

accent

#42D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C155

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

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