#E6C44B#E6C44B

#E6C44B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.568; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.142 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C44B
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(47, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 67.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.07, -0.91, 62.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.07, 62.83, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.0079 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.142 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.6458, 56.8138, 14.7958)
Luminance	0.5681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C44B #4B6DE6

analogous

#E6774B #E6C44B #BAE64B

triadic

#E6C44B #4BE6C4 #C44BE6

tetradic

#E6C44B #4BE677 #4B6DE6 #E64BBA

square

#E6C44B #4BE677 #4B6DE6 #E64BBA

split-complementary

#E6C44B #4BBAE6 #774BE6

monochromatic

#A08216 #D6AE1E #E6C44B #EDD681 #F5E7B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.36

#E6C44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C44B

12.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C44B	1.00	1.70	12.36	12.36
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CB51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.142 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d583',
    500: '#e6c44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c44b;
$custom-light: #f2d583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.839,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82801,
    "c": 0.14162,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C44B

secondary

#324BA3

accent

#5FF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C44B

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

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