#E6C83D#E6C83D

#E6C83D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.153 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C83D
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 73.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.00, -3.65, 69.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.00, 69.24, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.5% -0.0173 0.1523)
OKLCH	oklch(83.5% 0.153 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.1325, 58.4714, 12.8488)
Luminance	0.5847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C83D #3D5BE6

analogous

#E6743D #E6C83D #B0E63D

triadic

#E6C83D #3DE6C8 #C83DE6

tetradic

#E6C83D #3DE674 #3D5BE6 #E63DB0

square

#E6C83D #3DE674 #3D5BE6 #E63DB0

split-complementary

#E6C83D #3DB0E6 #743DE6

monochromatic

#957E13 #CCAC1A #E6C83D #EDD773 #F4E7A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.69

#E6C83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C83D

12.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C83D	1.00	1.65	12.69	12.69
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.153 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d87c',
    500: '#e6c83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c83d;
$custom-light: #f2d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.349,
    "s": 77.169,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83502,
    "c": 0.15328,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.58468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C83D

secondary

#2E4199

accent

#56F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C83D

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

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