#E6C641#E6C641

#E6C641 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.150 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C641
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 71.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -2.44, 67.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 67.25, 92.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.13% -0.0134 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(83.13% 0.15 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.7841, 57.5958, 13.2842)
Luminance	0.5759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C641 #4161E6

analogous

#E67441 #E6C641 #B3E641

triadic

#E6C641 #41E6C6 #C641E6

tetradic

#E6C641 #41E674 #4161E6 #E641B3

square

#E6C641 #41E674 #4161E6 #E641B3

split-complementary

#E6C641 #41B3E6 #7441E6

monochromatic

#997F14 #CFAC1B #E6C641 #EDD677 #F4E6AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E6C641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C641

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C641	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.150 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d67e',
    500: '#e6c641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c641;
$custom-light: #f2d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.364,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83125,
    "c": 0.14954,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57593
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C641

secondary

#2F449C

accent

#5AF335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C641

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

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