#E6C663#E6C663

#E6C663 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.124 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C663
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 99)
HSL	hsl(45, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(45, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 57%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.80, -0.39, 52.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.80, 52.99, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(83.45% -0.0036 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(83.45% 0.124 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.0817, 58.1148, 20.1179)
Luminance	0.5811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C663 #6383E6

analogous

#E68563 #E6C663 #C4E663

triadic

#E6C663 #63E6C6 #C663E6

tetradic

#E6C663 #63E685 #6383E6 #E663C4

square

#E6C663 #63E685 #6383E6 #E663C4

split-complementary

#E6C663 #63C4E6 #8563E6

monochromatic

#B28E1D #DEB32E #E6C663 #EED998 #F7EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E6C663 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.62

#E6C663 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C663

12.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C663	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C663	1.00	1.66	12.62	12.62
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C359

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CD67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c663;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.124 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d792',
    500: '#e6c663',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c663;
$custom-light: #f1d792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c663",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83446,
    "c": 0.12375,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C663

secondary

#3B58B3

accent

#41D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C663

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

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