#E6C64B#E6C64B

#E6C64B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.577; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.143 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C64B
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 76%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 67.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.58, -1.94, 63.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.58, 63.38, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0109 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.143 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.0999, 57.7221, 14.9471)
Luminance	0.5772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C64B #4B6BE6

analogous

#E6794B #E6C64B #B8E64B

triadic

#E6C64B #4BE6C6 #C64BE6

tetradic

#E6C64B #4BE679 #4B6BE6 #E64BB8

square

#E6C64B #4BE679 #4B6BE6 #E64BB8

split-complementary

#E6C64B #4BB8E6 #794BE6

monochromatic

#A08416 #D6B01E #E6C64B #EDD781 #F5E8B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C64B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.54

#E6C64B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C64B

12.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C64B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C64B	1.00	1.67	12.54	12.54
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c64b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.143 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d683',
    500: '#e6c64b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c64b;
$custom-light: #f2d683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c64b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.613,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83203,
    "c": 0.14293,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C64B

secondary

#3249A3

accent

#5DF236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C64B

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

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