#E6C762#E6C762

#E6C762 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.586; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.125 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C762
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.05, -0.98, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.05, 53.75, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0054 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.125 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.2635, 58.5544, 19.9441)
Luminance	0.5855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C762 #6281E6

analogous

#E68562 #E6C762 #C3E662

triadic

#E6C762 #62E6C7 #C762E6

tetradic

#E6C762 #62E685 #6281E6 #E662C3

square

#E6C762 #62E685 #6281E6 #E662C3

split-complementary

#E6C762 #62C3E6 #8562E6

monochromatic

#B18E1C #DEB42D #E6C762 #EEDA97 #F7EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C762 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.71

#E6C762 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C762

12.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C762	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C762	1.00	1.65	12.71	12.71
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C458

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CD66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B9B0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c762;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.125 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d792',
    500: '#e6c762',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c762;
$custom-light: #f1d792;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c762",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83635,
    "c": 0.12533,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C762

secondary

#3A56B2

accent

#3FD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C762

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

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