#E6C94F#E6C94F

#E6C94F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.8% C 0.142 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C94F
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.38, -3.26, 62.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.38, 62.62, 92.98°)
OKLab	oklab(83.84% -0.0142 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(83.84% 0.142 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.9336, 59.1636, 15.9218)
Luminance	0.5916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C94F #4F6CE6

analogous

#E67D4F #E6C94F #B7E64F

triadic

#E6C94F #4FE6C9 #C94FE6

tetradic

#E6C94F #4FE67D #4F6CE6 #E64FB7

square

#E6C94F #4FE67D #4F6CE6 #E64FB7

split-complementary

#E6C94F #4FB7E6 #7D4FE6

monochromatic

#A38817 #D9B51F #E6C94F #EED985 #F5EABA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C94F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.83

#E6C94F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C94F

12.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C94F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C94F	1.00	1.64	12.83	12.83
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC540

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c94f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.8% 0.142 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d986',
    500: '#e6c94f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c94f;
$custom-light: #f1d986;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c94f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.477,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83844,
    "c": 0.14213,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C94F

secondary

#3349A6

accent

#35D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C94F

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

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