#E6C150#E6C150

#E6C150 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.136 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C150
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.35, 0.93, 59.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.35, 59.96, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(82.25% -0.002 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(82.25% 0.136 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.1537, 55.5451, 15.5094)
Luminance	0.5554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C150 #5075E6

analogous

#E67650 #E6C150 #C0E650

triadic

#E6C150 #50E6C1 #C150E6

tetradic

#E6C150 #50E676 #5075E6 #E650C0

square

#E6C150 #50E676 #5075E6 #E650C0

split-complementary

#E6C150 #50C0E6 #7650E6

monochromatic

#A48117 #DAAC1F #E6C150 #EED486 #F5E7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E6C150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E6C150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C150

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C150	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.136 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d386',
    500: '#e6c150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c150;
$custom-light: #f2d386;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82245,
    "c": 0.13613,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C150

secondary

#3450A6

accent

#40D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C150

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

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