#E6C650#E6C650

#E6C650 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.139 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C650
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 80)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.62, -1.66, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.62, 61.33, 91.55°)
OKLab	oklab(83.25% -0.0095 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(83.25% 0.139 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2778, 57.7932, 15.8841)
Luminance	0.5779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C650 #5070E6

analogous

#E67B50 #E6C650 #BBE650

triadic

#E6C650 #50E6C6 #C650E6

tetradic

#E6C650 #50E67B #5070E6 #E650BB

square

#E6C650 #50E67B #5070E6 #E650BB

split-complementary

#E6C650 #50BBE6 #7B50E6

monochromatic

#A48617 #DAB21F #E6C650 #EED786 #F5E9BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C650 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.56

#E6C650 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C650

12.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C650	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C650	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)

#DAC242

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c650;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.139 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d686',
    500: '#e6c650',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c650;
$custom-light: #f1d686;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c650",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83247,
    "c": 0.1393,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.5779
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C650

secondary

#344CA6

accent

#39D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C650

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

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