#E6C65C#E6C65C

#E6C65C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.130 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C65C
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 92)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.73, -0.89, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.73, 56.15, 90.91°)
OKLab	oklab(83.37% -0.0058 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(83.37% 0.13 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.7614, 57.9867, 18.4312)
Luminance	0.5798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C65C #5C7CE6

analogous

#E6815C #E6C65C #C1E65C

triadic

#E6C65C #5CE6C6 #C65CE6

tetradic

#E6C65C #5CE681 #5C7CE6 #E65CC1

square

#E6C65C #5CE681 #5C7CE6 #E65CC1

split-complementary

#E6C65C #5CC1E6 #815CE6

monochromatic

#AD8B1B #DEB327 #E6C65C #EED991 #F6EBC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C65C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E6C65C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C65C

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C65C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C65C	1.00	1.67	12.60	12.60
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C351

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c65c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.130 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d78e',
    500: '#e6c65c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c65c;
$custom-light: #f1d78e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c65c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83367,
    "c": 0.12979,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C65C

secondary

#3853AE

accent

#3ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C65C

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

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