#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
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 65)
HSL	hsl(49, 77%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 71.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.28, -3.98, 67.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.28, 68.08, 93.36°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0178 0.1505)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.152 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.4766, 58.9808, 13.5150)
Luminance	0.5898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E6C941	1.00	1.64	12.80	12.80
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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