#E6C461#E6C461

#E6C461 is a very light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.572; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.124 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C461
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.27, 0.50, 53.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.27, 53.32, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(83.02% -0.0012 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(83.02% 0.124 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.5331, 57.1687, 19.4692)
Luminance	0.5717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C461 #6183E6

analogous

#E68261 #E6C461 #C5E661

triadic

#E6C461 #61E6C4 #C461E6

tetradic

#E6C461 #61E682 #6183E6 #E661C5

square

#E6C461 #61E682 #6183E6 #E661C5

split-complementary

#E6C461 #61C5E6 #8261E6

monochromatic

#B18B1C #DEB02C #E6C461 #EED896 #F7EBCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.43

#E6C461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C461

12.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C461	1.00	1.69	12.43	12.43
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.124 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d591',
    500: '#e6c461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c461;
$custom-light: #f1d591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.662,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83022,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57166
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C461

secondary

#3A58B1

accent

#43D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C461

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

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