#E6C43C#E6C43C

#E6C43C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.151 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C43C
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 60)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 73.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.97, -1.63, 68.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.97, 68.54, 91.37°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0116 0.1508)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.151 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.1915, 56.6321, 12.4035)
Luminance	0.5663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C43C #3C5EE6

analogous

#E66F3C #E6C43C #B3E63C

triadic

#E6C43C #3CE6C4 #C43CE6

tetradic

#E6C43C #3CE66F #3C5EE6 #E63CB3

square

#E6C43C #3CE66F #3C5EE6 #E63CB3

split-complementary

#E6C43C #3CB3E6 #6F3CE6

monochromatic

#957B13 #CBA71A #E6C43C #EDD472 #F4E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C43C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E6C43C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C43C

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C43C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C43C	1.00	1.70	12.33	12.33
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9B4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c43c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.151 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d57b',
    500: '#e6c43c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c43c;
$custom-light: #f2d57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c43c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 77.273,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82687,
    "c": 0.15123,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C43C

secondary

#2D4399

accent

#5AF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C43C

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

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