#E6C43E#E6C43E

#E6C43E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.150 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C43E
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 62)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 73%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.98, -1.55, 67.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.98, 67.82, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0112 0.1497)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.15 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.2454, 56.6537, 12.6872)
Luminance	0.5665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C43E #3E60E6

analogous

#E6703E #E6C43E #B4E63E

triadic

#E6C43E #3EE6C4 #C43EE6

tetradic

#E6C43E #3EE670 #3E60E6 #E63EB4

square

#E6C43E #3EE670 #3E60E6 #E63EB4

split-complementary

#E6C43E #3EB4E6 #703EE6

monochromatic

#967C13 #CCA81A #E6C43E #EDD574 #F4E5AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E6C43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C43E

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C43E	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)

#D9C028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B4AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.150 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d57c',
    500: '#e6c43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c43e;
$custom-light: #f2d57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.857,
    "s": 77.064,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.827,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C43E

secondary

#2E449A

accent

#5BF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C43E

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

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