#E6C660#E6C660

#E6C660 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.126 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C660
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 96)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -0.61, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 54.35, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.41% -0.0046 0.1263)
OKLCH	oklch(83.41% 0.126 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.9409, 58.0585, 19.3766)
Luminance	0.5806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C660 #6080E6

analogous

#E68360 #E6C660 #C3E660

triadic

#E6C660 #60E6C6 #C660E6

tetradic

#E6C660 #60E683 #6080E6 #E660C3

square

#E6C660 #60E683 #6080E6 #E660C3

split-complementary

#E6C660 #60C3E6 #8360E6

monochromatic

#B08D1C #DEB32B #E6C660 #EED995 #F7ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C660 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E6C660 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C660

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C660	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C660	1.00	1.67	12.61	12.61
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C356

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c660;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.126 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d790',
    500: '#e6c660',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c660;
$custom-light: #f1d790;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c660",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83411,
    "c": 0.12638,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.58056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C660

secondary

#3956B1

accent

#3FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C660

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

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