#E6C04A#E6C04A

#E6C04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.140 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C04A
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, 1.11, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 62.18, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0022 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.14 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(52.7216, 55.0198, 14.3202)
Luminance	0.5502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C04A #4A70E6

analogous

#E6724A #E6C04A #BEE64A

triadic

#E6C04A #4AE6C0 #C04AE6

tetradic

#E6C04A #4AE672 #4A70E6 #E64ABE

square

#E6C04A #4AE672 #4A70E6 #E64ABE

split-complementary

#E6C04A #4ABEE6 #724AE6

monochromatic

#A07E16 #D5A91D #E6C04A #EDD380 #F5E5B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E6C04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#E6C04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C04A

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C04A	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.140 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d282',
    500: '#e6c04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c04a;
$custom-light: #f2d282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.385,
    "s": 75.728,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81991,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C04A

secondary

#324DA2

accent

#63F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C04A

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

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