#E6C84F#E6C84F

#E6C84F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.6% C 0.141 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C84F
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.13, -2.74, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.13, 62.32, 92.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.64% -0.0127 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(83.64% 0.141 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.7013, 58.6989, 15.8444)
Luminance	0.5870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C84F #4F6DE6

analogous

#E67C4F #E6C84F #B9E64F

triadic

#E6C84F #4FE6C8 #C84FE6

tetradic

#E6C84F #4FE67C #4F6DE6 #E64FB9

square

#E6C84F #4FE67C #4F6DE6 #E64FB9

split-complementary

#E6C84F #4FB9E6 #7C4FE6

monochromatic

#A38817 #D9B41F #E6C84F #EED985 #F5E9BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C84F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.74

#E6C84F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C84F

12.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C84F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C84F	1.00	1.65	12.74	12.74
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CD55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c84f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.6% 0.141 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d886',
    500: '#e6c84f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c84f;
$custom-light: #f1d886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c84f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83641,
    "c": 0.14142,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C84F

secondary

#334AA6

accent

#36D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C84F

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

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