#E6C340#E6C340

#E6C340 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.148 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C340
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.74, -0.94, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.74, 66.83, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(82.51% -0.0092 0.148)
OKLCH	oklch(82.51% 0.148 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.0765, 56.2264, 12.9066)
Luminance	0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C340 #4063E6

analogous

#E67040 #E6C340 #B6E640

triadic

#E6C340 #40E6C3 #C340E6

tetradic

#E6C340 #40E670 #4063E6 #E640B6

square

#E6C340 #40E670 #4063E6 #E640B6

split-complementary

#E6C340 #40B6E6 #7040E6

monochromatic

#987C14 #CEA81B #E6C340 #EDD476 #F4E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#E6C340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C340

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C340	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CA47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.148 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d47d',
    500: '#e6c340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c340;
$custom-light: #f2d47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.349,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82513,
    "c": 0.14824,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C340

secondary

#2F469B

accent

#5DF334

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C340

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

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