#E6C64F#E6C64F

#E6C64F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.140 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C64F
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 79)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -1.71, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 61.75, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(83.24% -0.0098 0.1397)
OKLCH	oklch(83.24% 0.14 94)
XYZ	xyz(54.2411, 57.7785, 15.6910)
Luminance	0.5778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C64F #4F6FE6

analogous

#E67A4F #E6C64F #BAE64F

triadic

#E6C64F #4FE6C6 #C64FE6

tetradic

#E6C64F #4FE67A #4F6FE6 #E64FBA

square

#E6C64F #4FE67A #4F6FE6 #E64FBA

split-complementary

#E6C64F #4FBAE6 #7A4FE6

monochromatic

#A38617 #D9B21F #E6C64F #EED785 #F5E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C64F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E6C64F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C64F

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C64F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C64F	1.00	1.67	12.56	12.56
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c64f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.140 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d686',
    500: '#e6c64f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c64f;
$custom-light: #f2d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c64f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83238,
    "c": 0.14005,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.57776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C64F

secondary

#334CA6

accent

#39D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C64F

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

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