#E6C841#E6C841

#E6C841 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.585; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.151 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C841
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 71.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.02, -3.47, 67.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.02, 67.80, 92.93°)
OKLab	oklab(83.53% -0.0163 0.15)
OKLCH	oklch(83.53% 0.151 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.2443, 58.5161, 13.4376)
Luminance	0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C841 #415FE6

analogous

#E67541 #E6C841 #B1E641

triadic

#E6C841 #41E6C8 #C841E6

tetradic

#E6C841 #41E675 #415FE6 #E641B1

square

#E6C841 #41E675 #415FE6 #E641B1

split-complementary

#E6C841 #41B1E6 #7541E6

monochromatic

#998014 #CFAE1B #E6C841 #EDD877 #F4E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.70

#E6C841 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C841

12.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C841	1.00	1.65	12.70	12.70
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC42C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.151 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d87e',
    500: '#e6c841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c841;
$custom-light: #f2d87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83529,
    "c": 0.15089,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C841

secondary

#2F439C

accent

#57F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140A

muted

#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C841

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

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