#E6C65E#E6C65E

#E6C65E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.580; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.128 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C65E
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 94)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.75, -0.75, 55.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.75, 55.26, 90.78°)
OKLab	oklab(83.39% -0.0052 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(83.39% 0.128 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.8500, 58.0221, 18.8978)
Luminance	0.5802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C65E #5E7EE6

analogous

#E6825E #E6C65E #C2E65E

triadic

#E6C65E #5EE6C6 #C65EE6

tetradic

#E6C65E #5EE682 #5E7EE6 #E65EC2

square

#E6C65E #5EE682 #5E7EE6 #E65EC2

split-complementary

#E6C65E #5EC2E6 #825EE6

monochromatic

#AF8C1B #DEB329 #E6C65E #EED993 #F6ECC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C65E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.60

#E6C65E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C65E

12.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C65E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C65E	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)

#D9C353

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c65e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.128 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d78f',
    500: '#e6c65e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c65e;
$custom-light: #f1d78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c65e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83389,
    "c": 0.12811,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C65E

secondary

#3955B0

accent

#3FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C65E

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

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