#E6C941#E6C941

#E6C941 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.590; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.152 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6C941
RGBrgb(230, 201, 65)
HSLhsl(49, 77%, 58%)
HSVhsv(49, 72%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 12.6%, 71.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(81.28, -3.98, 67.96)
CIE-LCHlch(81.28, 68.08, 93.36°)
OKLaboklab(83.73% -0.0178 0.1505)
OKLCHoklch(83.73% 0.152 96.7)
XYZxyz(54.4766, 58.9808, 13.5150)
Luminance0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6C941 #415EE6
analogous
#E67741 #E6C941 #B0E641
triadic
#E6C941 #41E6C9 #C941E6
tetradic
#E6C941 #41E677 #415EE6 #E641B0
square
#E6C941 #41E677 #415EE6 #E641B0
split-complementary
#E6C941 #41B0E6 #7741E6
monochromatic
#998114 #CFAF1B #E6C941 #EDD877 #F4E8AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64
#E6C941 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.80
#E6C941 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C941
12.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6C941#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6C9411.001.6412.8012.80
#FFFFFF1.641.0021.0021.00
#00000012.8021.001.001.00
##00000012.8021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DDC42B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5CE49
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F8BAAE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6c941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.152 96.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d97e',
    500: '#e6c941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6c941;
$custom-light: #f2d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6c941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.455,
    "s": 76.744,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83732,
    "c": 0.15158,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6C941
secondary
#2F429C
accent
#56F335
background
#FFFEFB
surface
#FFFBF2
border
#D7D4CC
text
#17140A
muted
#85837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C941

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#E6C941 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva