#E6C56A#E6C56A

#E6C56A is a very light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.117 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C56A
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 106)
HSL	hsl(44, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(44, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 53.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.63, 0.67, 49.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.63, 49.45, 89.22°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% 0.0003 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.117 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.2031, 57.7988, 21.8814)
Luminance	0.5780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C56A #6A8BE6

analogous

#E6876A #E6C56A #C9E66A

triadic

#E6C56A #6AE6C5 #C56AE6

tetradic

#E6C56A #6AE687 #6A8BE6 #E66AC9

square

#E6C56A #6AE687 #6A8BE6 #E66AC9

split-complementary

#E6C56A #6AC9E6 #876AE6

monochromatic

#B78E1F #DDB136 #E6C56A #EFD99E #F8EED3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C56A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E6C56A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C56A

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C56A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C56A	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C362

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCC6D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c56a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.117 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d697',
    500: '#e6c56a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c56a;
$custom-light: #f0d697;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c56a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.032,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83332,
    "c": 0.11673,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C56A

secondary

#3D5EB7

accent

#46D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C56A

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

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