#E6BC39#E6BC39

#E6BC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.148 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BC39
RGB	rgb(230, 188, 57)
HSL	hsl(45, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.3%, 75.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, 2.39, 67.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 67.69, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0004 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.148 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(51.3579, 53.0881, 11.4121)
Luminance	0.5309 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BC39 #3963E6

analogous

#E66639 #E6BC39 #B9E639

triadic

#E6BC39 #39E6BC #BC39E6

tetradic

#E6BC39 #39E666 #3963E6 #E639B9

square

#E6BC39 #39E666 #3963E6 #E639B9

split-complementary

#E6BC39 #39B9E6 #6639E6

monochromatic

#927312 #C89E19 #E6BC39 #EDCE6F #F4E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#E6BC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#E6BC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BC39

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BC39	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bc39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 188, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.148 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3cf79',
    500: '#e6bc39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bc39;
$custom-light: #f3cf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bc39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.434,
    "s": 77.578,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81067,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BC39

secondary

#2D4697

accent

#62F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF1

border

#D7D4CB

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BC39

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

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