#E6C04E#E6C04E

#E6C04E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.137 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C04E
RGB	rgb(230, 192, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, 1.33, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 60.54, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0011 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.137 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(52.8606, 55.0754, 15.0526)
Luminance	0.5507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C04E #4E74E6

analogous

#E6744E #E6C04E #C0E64E

triadic

#E6C04E #4EE6C0 #C04EE6

tetradic

#E6C04E #4EE674 #4E74E6 #E64EC0

square

#E6C04E #4EE674 #4E74E6 #E64EC0

split-complementary

#E6C04E #4EC0E6 #744EE6

monochromatic

#A38017 #D8AA1F #E6C04E #EED384 #F5E6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#E6C04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#E6C04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C04E

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C04E	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)

#D4BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B1A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 192, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.137 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d285',
    500: '#e6c04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c04e;
$custom-light: #f2d285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82027,
    "c": 0.13701,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C04E

secondary

#3350A5

accent

#40D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C04E

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

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