#E6C741#E6C741

#E6C741 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.581; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.150 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C741
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 71.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.77, -2.96, 67.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.77, 67.52, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(83.33% -0.0149 0.1495)
OKLCH	oklch(83.33% 0.15 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.0135, 58.0544, 13.3606)
Luminance	0.5805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C741 #4160E6

analogous

#E67441 #E6C741 #B3E641

triadic

#E6C741 #41E6C7 #C741E6

tetradic

#E6C741 #41E674 #4160E6 #E641B3

square

#E6C741 #41E674 #4160E6 #E641B3

split-complementary

#E6C741 #41B3E6 #7441E6

monochromatic

#998014 #CFAD1B #E6C741 #EDD777 #F4E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.61

#E6C741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C741

12.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C741	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)

#DBC32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.150 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d77e',
    500: '#e6c741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c741;
$custom-light: #f2d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.727,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83327,
    "c": 0.15021,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58051
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C741

secondary

#2F449C

accent

#58F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C741

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

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