#E6C74F#E6C74F

#E6C74F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.582; OKLCH L 83.4% C 0.141 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C74F
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.87, -2.23, 61.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.87, 62.03, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(83.44% -0.0112 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(83.44% 0.141 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.4704, 58.2372, 15.7674)
Luminance	0.5823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C74F #4F6EE6

analogous

#E67B4F #E6C74F #B9E64F

triadic

#E6C74F #4FE6C7 #C74FE6

tetradic

#E6C74F #4FE67B #4F6EE6 #E64FB9

square

#E6C74F #4FE67B #4F6EE6 #E64FB9

split-complementary

#E6C74F #4FB9E6 #7B4FE6

monochromatic

#A38717 #D9B31F #E6C74F #EED885 #F5E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E6C74F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.65

#E6C74F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C74F

12.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C74F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C74F	1.00	1.66	12.65	12.65
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c74f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.4% 0.141 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d786',
    500: '#e6c74f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c74f;
$custom-light: #f2d786;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c74f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.682,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8344,
    "c": 0.14073,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C74F

secondary

#334BA6

accent

#37D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C74F

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

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