#E6C960#E6C960

#E6C960 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.129 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C960
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.53, -2.16, 55.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.53, 55.27, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.01% -0.009 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(84.01% 0.129 94)
XYZ	xyz(55.6334, 59.4435, 19.6074)
Luminance	0.5944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C960 #607DE6

analogous

#E68660 #E6C960 #C0E660

triadic

#E6C960 #60E6C9 #C960E6

tetradic

#E6C960 #60E686 #607DE6 #E660C0

square

#E6C960 #60E686 #607DE6 #E660C0

split-complementary

#E6C960 #60C0E6 #8660E6

monochromatic

#B0901C #DEB72B #E6C960 #EEDB95 #F7EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E6C960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.89

#E6C960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C960

12.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C960	1.00	1.63	12.89	12.89
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC555

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.129 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d990',
    500: '#e6c960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c960;
$custom-light: #f1d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.015,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84014,
    "c": 0.1285,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.59441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C960

secondary

#3953B1

accent

#3BD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C960

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

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