#E6BB39#E6BB39

#E6BB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.148 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BB39
RGB	rgb(230, 187, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.7%, 75.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.68, 2.91, 67.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.68, 67.47, 87.53°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% 0.001 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.148 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(51.1450, 52.6623, 11.3411)
Luminance	0.5266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BB39 #3964E6

analogous

#E66539 #E6BB39 #BAE639

triadic

#E6BB39 #39E6BB #BB39E6

tetradic

#E6BB39 #39E665 #3964E6 #E639BA

square

#E6BB39 #39E665 #3964E6 #E639BA

split-complementary

#E6BB39 #39BAE6 #6539E6

monochromatic

#927212 #C89D19 #E6BB39 #EDCE6F #F4E0A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#E6BB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#E6BB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BB39

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BB39	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1B922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 187, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.148 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf79',
    500: '#e6bb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bb39;
$custom-light: #f3cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.087,
    "s": 77.578,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80868,
    "c": 0.14783,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52659
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BB39

secondary

#2D4797

accent

#64F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFAF1

border

#D7D3CB

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BB39

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

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