#E6C65A#E6C65A

#E6C65A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.131 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C65A
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.71, -1.03, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.71, 57.04, 91.03°)
OKLab	oklab(83.35% -0.0065 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(83.35% 0.131 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.6751, 57.9522, 17.9769)
Luminance	0.5795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C65A #5A7AE6

analogous

#E6805A #E6C65A #C0E65A

triadic

#E6C65A #5AE6C6 #C65AE6

tetradic

#E6C65A #5AE680 #5A7AE6 #E65AC0

square

#E6C65A #5AE680 #5A7AE6 #E65AC0

split-complementary

#E6C65A #5AC0E6 #805AE6

monochromatic

#AC8A1A #DEB425 #E6C65A #EED88F #F6EBC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C65A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E6C65A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C65A

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C65A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C65A	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c65a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.131 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d78c',
    500: '#e6c65a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c65a;
$custom-light: #f1d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c65a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83345,
    "c": 0.13146,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C65A

secondary

#3752AD

accent

#3DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C65A

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

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