#E6CA4E#E6CA4E

#E6CA4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.144 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA4E
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.63, -3.83, 63.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.63, 63.32, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(84.04% -0.0159 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(84.04% 0.144 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.1314, 59.6169, 15.8095)
Luminance	0.5961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA4E #4E6AE6

analogous

#E67E4E #E6CA4E #B6E64E

triadic

#E6CA4E #4EE6CA #CA4EE6

tetradic

#E6CA4E #4EE67E #4E6AE6 #E64EB6

square

#E6CA4E #4EE67E #4E6AE6 #E64EB6

split-complementary

#E6CA4E #4EB6E6 #7E4EE6

monochromatic

#A38917 #D8B61F #E6CA4E #EEDA84 #F5EAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E6CA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E6CA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA4E

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA4E	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.144 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d985',
    500: '#e6ca4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca4e;
$custom-light: #f2d985;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84037,
    "c": 0.14358,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA4E

secondary

#3348A5

accent

#33D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA4E

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

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