#E6C440#E6C440

#E6C440 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.567; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.149 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C440
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 72.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.00, -1.46, 67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.00, 67.09, 91.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0107 0.1485)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.149 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.3013, 56.6760, 12.9816)
Luminance	0.5667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C440 #4062E6

analogous

#E67140 #E6C440 #B5E640

triadic

#E6C440 #40E6C4 #C440E6

tetradic

#E6C440 #40E671 #4062E6 #E640B5

square

#E6C440 #40E671 #4062E6 #E640B5

split-complementary

#E6C440 #40B5E6 #7140E6

monochromatic

#987D14 #CEA91B #E6C440 #EDD576 #F4E5AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.33

#E6C440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C440

12.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C440	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)

#D9C02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.149 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d57d',
    500: '#e6c440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c440;
$custom-light: #f2d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.711,
    "s": 76.852,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82714,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C440

secondary

#2F459B

accent

#5CF334

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C440

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

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