#E6C64E#E6C64E

#E6C64E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.141 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C64E
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 78)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.61, -1.77, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.61, 62.16, 91.63°)
OKLab	oklab(83.23% -0.01 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(83.23% 0.141 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.2050, 57.7641, 15.5007)
Luminance	0.5776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C64E #4E6EE6

analogous

#E67A4E #E6C64E #BAE64E

triadic

#E6C64E #4EE6C6 #C64EE6

tetradic

#E6C64E #4EE67A #4E6EE6 #E64EBA

square

#E6C64E #4EE67A #4E6EE6 #E64EBA

split-complementary

#E6C64E #4EBAE6 #7A4EE6

monochromatic

#A38517 #D8B11F #E6C64E #EED784 #F5E9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C64E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.55

#E6C64E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C64E

12.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C64E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C64E	1.00	1.67	12.55	12.55
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c64e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.141 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d685',
    500: '#e6c64e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c64e;
$custom-light: #f2d685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c64e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83229,
    "c": 0.14078,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C64E

secondary

#334BA5

accent

#38D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C64E

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

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