#E6CA3D#E6CA3D

#E6CA3D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.594; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.155 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA3D
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 73.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.51, -4.67, 69.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.51, 69.79, 93.84°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0202 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.155 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.5987, 59.4038, 13.0042)
Luminance	0.5940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA3D #3D59E6

analogous

#E6763D #E6CA3D #AEE63D

triadic

#E6CA3D #3DE6CA #CA3DE6

tetradic

#E6CA3D #3DE676 #3D59E6 #E63DAE

square

#E6CA3D #3DE676 #3D59E6 #E63DAE

split-complementary

#E6CA3D #3DAEE6 #763DE6

monochromatic

#958013 #CCAE1A #E6CA3D #EDD973 #F4E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E6CA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.88

#E6CA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA3D

12.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA3D	1.00	1.63	12.88	12.88
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.155 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d97c',
    500: '#e6ca3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca3d;
$custom-light: #f2d97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.059,
    "s": 77.169,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83908,
    "c": 0.15466,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA3D

secondary

#2E4099

accent

#54F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA3D

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

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