#E6C94C#E6C94C

#E6C94C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.144 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C94C
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 67%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.36, -3.43, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.36, 63.84, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(83.82% -0.015 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(83.82% 0.144 96)
XYZ	xyz(54.8269, 59.1209, 15.3597)
Luminance	0.5912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C94C #4C69E6

analogous

#E67C4C #E6C94C #B6E64C

triadic

#E6C94C #4CE6C9 #C94CE6

tetradic

#E6C94C #4CE67C #4C69E6 #E64CB6

square

#E6C94C #4CE67C #4C69E6 #E64CB6

split-complementary

#E6C94C #4CB6E6 #7C4CE6

monochromatic

#A18717 #D7B41E #E6C94C #EDD982 #F5E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C94C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E6C94C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C94C

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C94C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C94C	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC53C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c94c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.144 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d984',
    500: '#e6c94c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c94c;
$custom-light: #f2d984;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c94c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.701,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83818,
    "c": 0.14429,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.59118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C94C

secondary

#3348A4

accent

#59F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C94C

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

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