#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
RGBrgb(230, 200, 65)
HSLhsl(49, 77%, 58%)
HSVhsv(49, 72%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 13%, 71.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(81.02, -3.47, 67.71)
CIE-LCHlch(81.02, 67.80, 92.93°)
OKLaboklab(83.53% -0.0163 0.15)
OKLCHoklch(83.53% 0.151 96.2)
XYZxyz(54.2443, 58.5161, 13.4376)
Luminance0.5851 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##E6C8411.001.6512.7012.70
#FFFFFF1.651.0021.0021.00
#00000012.7021.001.001.00
##00000012.7021.001.001.00

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

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#E6C841 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva