#E6C45B#E6C45B

#E6C45B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.129 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C45B
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.21, 0.07, 56.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.21, 56.02, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(82.96% -0.0032 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(82.96% 0.129 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.2639, 57.0610, 18.0512)
Luminance	0.5706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C45B #5B7DE6

analogous

#E67E5B #E6C45B #C2E65B

triadic

#E6C45B #5BE6C4 #C45BE6

tetradic

#E6C45B #5BE67E #5B7DE6 #E65BC2

square

#E6C45B #5BE67E #5B7DE6 #E65BC2

split-complementary

#E6C45B #5BC2E6 #7E5BE6

monochromatic

#AC891A #DEB126 #E6C45B #EED790 #F6EAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.41

#E6C45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C45B

12.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C45B	1.00	1.69	12.41	12.41
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.129 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d58d',
    500: '#e6c45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c45b;
$custom-light: #f1d58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82955,
    "c": 0.12931,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C45B

secondary

#3854AE

accent

#40D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C45B

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

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