#E6C04D#E6C04D

#E6C04D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.138 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C04D
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 66.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, 1.28, 60.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 60.96, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.02% -0.0014 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(82.02% 0.138 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(52.8251, 55.0612, 14.8652)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C04D #4D73E6

analogous

#E6734D #E6C04D #BFE64D

triadic

#E6C04D #4DE6C0 #C04DE6

tetradic

#E6C04D #4DE673 #4D73E6 #E64DBF

square

#E6C04D #4DE673 #4D73E6 #E64DBF

split-complementary

#E6C04D #4DBFE6 #734DE6

monochromatic

#A27F17 #D8AA1E #E6C04D #EED383 #F5E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E6C04D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E6C04D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C04D

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C04D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C04D	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)

#D4BE3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c04d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.138 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d284',
    500: '#e6c04d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c04d;
$custom-light: #f2d284;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c04d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.098,
    "s": 75.369,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82018,
    "c": 0.13775,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C04D

secondary

#334FA4

accent

#40D80E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C04D

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

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