#E6C043#E6C043

#E6C043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.145 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C043
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 70.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.00, 0.75, 64.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.00, 64.95, 89.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.93% -0.0041 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(81.93% 0.145 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.4987, 54.9306, 13.1466)
Luminance	0.5493 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C043 #4369E6

analogous

#E66E43 #E6C043 #BBE643

triadic

#E6C043 #43E6C0 #C043E6

tetradic

#E6C043 #43E66E #4369E6 #E643BB

square

#E6C043 #43E66E #4369E6 #E643BB

split-complementary

#E6C043 #43BBE6 #6E43E6

monochromatic

#9A7B14 #D0A61C #E6C043 #EDD279 #F4E4AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E6C043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#E6C043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C043

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C043	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B0A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.145 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d27e',
    500: '#e6c043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c043;
$custom-light: #f2d27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.012,
    "s": 76.526,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81934,
    "c": 0.14457,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54928
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C043

secondary

#30499E

accent

#61F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C043

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

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