#E6C166#E6C166

#E6C166 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.559; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.118 H 87.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C166
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 102)
HSL	hsl(43, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(43, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 55.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.57, 2.44, 50.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.57, 50.18, 87.22°)
OKLab	oklab(82.49% 0.005 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(82.49% 0.118 87.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.1037, 55.9251, 20.5126)
Luminance	0.5592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C166 #668BE6

analogous

#E68166 #E6C166 #CBE666

triadic

#E6C166 #66E6C1 #C166E6

tetradic

#E6C166 #66E681 #668BE6 #E666CB

square

#E6C166 #66E681 #668BE6 #E666CB

split-complementary

#E6C166 #66CBE6 #8166E6

monochromatic

#B4891D #DDAC31 #E6C166 #EFD69B #F7ECCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.18

#E6C166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C166

12.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C166	1.00	1.72	12.18	12.18
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BF5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC969

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B4AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.118 87.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d394',
    500: '#e6c166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c166;
$custom-light: #f1d394;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.656,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82486,
    "c": 0.11792,
    "h": 87.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C166

secondary

#3C5FB5

accent

#4AD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C166

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

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