#E6C962#E6C962

#E6C962 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.595; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.127 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C962
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.56, -2.01, 54.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.56, 54.36, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0084 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.127 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.7267, 59.4808, 20.0985)
Luminance	0.5948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C962 #627FE6

analogous

#E68762 #E6C962 #C1E662

triadic

#E6C962 #62E6C9 #C962E6

tetradic

#E6C962 #62E687 #627FE6 #E662C1

square

#E6C962 #62E687 #627FE6 #E662C1

split-complementary

#E6C962 #62C1E6 #8762E6

monochromatic

#B1911C #DEB72D #E6C962 #EEDB97 #F7EDCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E6C962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.90

#E6C962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C962

12.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C962	1.00	1.63	12.90	12.90
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.127 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d992',
    500: '#e6c962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c962;
$custom-light: #f1d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84037,
    "c": 0.12675,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.59478
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C962

secondary

#3A54B2

accent

#3CD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C962

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

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