#E6C23E#E6C23E

#E6C23E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.558; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.149 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C23E
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 73%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.48, -0.51, 67.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.48, 67.31, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(82.3% -0.0082 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(82.3% 0.149 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(52.7973, 55.7574, 12.5378)
Luminance	0.5575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C23E #3E62E6

analogous

#E66E3E #E6C23E #B6E63E

triadic

#E6C23E #3EE6C2 #C23EE6

tetradic

#E6C23E #3EE66E #3E62E6 #E63EB6

square

#E6C23E #3EE66E #3E62E6 #E63EB6

split-complementary

#E6C23E #3EB6E6 #6E3EE6

monochromatic

#967A13 #CCA61A #E6C23E #EDD374 #F4E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E6C23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.15

#E6C23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C23E

12.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C23E	1.00	1.73	12.15	12.15
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0C946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B2A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.149 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d47c',
    500: '#e6c23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c23e;
$custom-light: #f2d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 77.064,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82298,
    "c": 0.14883,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.55754
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C23E

secondary

#2E459A

accent

#5DF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C23E

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