#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
RGBrgb(230, 195, 64)
HSLhsl(47, 77%, 58%)
HSVhsv(47, 72%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 15.2%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(79.74, -0.94, 66.83)
CIE-LCHlch(79.74, 66.83, 90.81°)
OKLaboklab(82.51% -0.0092 0.148)
OKLCHoklch(82.51% 0.148 93.6)
XYZxyz(53.0765, 56.2264, 12.9066)
Luminance0.5622 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##E6C3401.001.7212.2412.24
#FFFFFF1.721.0021.0021.00
#00000012.2421.001.001.00
##00000012.2421.001.001.00

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

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#E6C340 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva