#E6C04C#E6C04C

#E6C04C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C04C
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.07, 1.22, 61.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.07, 61.37, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.01% -0.0017 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(82.01% 0.138 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(52.7900, 55.0471, 14.6807)
Luminance	0.5504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C04C #4C72E6

analogous

#E6734C #E6C04C #BFE64C

triadic

#E6C04C #4CE6C0 #C04CE6

tetradic

#E6C04C #4CE673 #4C72E6 #E64CBF

square

#E6C04C #4CE673 #4C72E6 #E64CBF

split-complementary

#E6C04C #4CBFE6 #734CE6

monochromatic

#A17F17 #D7A91E #E6C04C #EDD382 #F5E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E6C04C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E6C04C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C04C

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C04C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C04C	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c04c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d283',
    500: '#e6c04c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c04c;
$custom-light: #f2d283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c04c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82009,
    "c": 0.13846,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C04C

secondary

#334EA4

accent

#64F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C04C

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

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