#E6C271#E6C271

#E6C271 is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.108 H 86.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C271
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 113)
HSL	hsl(42, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(42, 51%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 50.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, 2.82, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 45.30, 86.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% 0.0074 0.108)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.108 86.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9077, 56.6016, 23.6526)
Luminance	0.5660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C271 #7195E6

analogous

#E68771 #E6C271 #D0E671

triadic

#E6C271 #71E6C2 #C271E6

tetradic

#E6C271 #71E687 #7195E6 #E671D0

square

#E6C271 #71E687 #7195E6 #E671D0

split-complementary

#E6C271 #71D0E6 #8771E6

monochromatic

#BC8C21 #DDAC3D #E6C271 #EFD8A5 #F8EFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C271 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E6C271 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C271

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C271	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C271	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3C16A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCCA74

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B5AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c271;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 113);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.108 86.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d49b',
    500: '#e6c271',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c271;
$custom-light: #f0d49b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c271",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 113
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 41.538,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82831,
    "c": 0.10825,
    "h": 86.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C271

secondary

#4066BB

accent

#4ED213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C271

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

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