#E6C35A#E6C35A

#E6C35A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.130 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C35A
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.95, 0.52, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.95, 56.18, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(82.74% -0.002 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(82.74% 0.13 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.9962, 56.5943, 17.7506)
Luminance	0.5659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C35A #5A7DE6

analogous

#E67D5A #E6C35A #C3E65A

triadic

#E6C35A #5AE6C3 #C35AE6

tetradic

#E6C35A #5AE67D #5A7DE6 #E65AC3

square

#E6C35A #5AE67D #5A7DE6 #E65AC3

split-complementary

#E6C35A #5AC3E6 #7D5AE6

monochromatic

#AC871A #DEB025 #E6C35A #EED68F #F6EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.32

#E6C35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C35A

12.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C35A	1.00	1.70	12.32	12.32
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.130 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d48c',
    500: '#e6c35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c35a;
$custom-light: #f1d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82744,
    "c": 0.1295,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C35A

secondary

#3755AD

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C35A

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

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