#E6C65B#E6C65B

#E6C65B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.131 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C65B
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.72, -0.96, 56.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.72, 56.59, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.36% -0.0062 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(83.36% 0.131 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.7180, 57.9693, 18.2025)
Luminance	0.5797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C65B #5B7BE6

analogous

#E6805B #E6C65B #C0E65B

triadic

#E6C65B #5BE6C6 #C65BE6

tetradic

#E6C65B #5BE680 #5B7BE6 #E65BC0

square

#E6C65B #5BE680 #5B7BE6 #E65BC0

split-complementary

#E6C65B #5BC0E6 #805BE6

monochromatic

#AC8B1A #DEB426 #E6C65B #EED890 #F6EBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C65B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E6C65B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C65B

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C65B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C65B	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)

#D9C350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c65b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.131 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d78d',
    500: '#e6c65b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c65b;
$custom-light: #f1d78d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c65b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83356,
    "c": 0.13063,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C65B

secondary

#3853AE

accent

#3DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C65B

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

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