#E6C950#E6C950

#E6C950 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.141 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C950
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.39, -3.20, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.39, 62.20, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(83.85% -0.0139 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(83.85% 0.141 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9703, 59.1782, 16.1150)
Luminance	0.5917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C950 #506DE6

analogous

#E67E50 #E6C950 #B8E650

triadic

#E6C950 #50E6C9 #C950E6

tetradic

#E6C950 #50E67E #506DE6 #E650B8

square

#E6C950 #50E67E #506DE6 #E650B8

split-complementary

#E6C950 #50B8E6 #7E50E6

monochromatic

#A48917 #DAB61F #E6C950 #EEDA86 #F5EABB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E6C950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C950

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C950	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.141 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d987',
    500: '#e6c950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c950;
$custom-light: #f1d987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83853,
    "c": 0.1414,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C950

secondary

#344AA6

accent

#35D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C950

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

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