#E6CA52#E6CA52

#E6CA52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.141 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA52
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 82)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.66, -3.60, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.66, 61.67, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(84.07% -0.0148 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(84.07% 0.141 96)
XYZ	xyz(55.2792, 59.6760, 16.5879)
Luminance	0.5967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA52 #526EE6

analogous

#E68052 #E6CA52 #B8E652

triadic

#E6CA52 #52E6CA #CA52E6

tetradic

#E6CA52 #52E680 #526EE6 #E652B8

square

#E6CA52 #52E680 #526EE6 #E652B8

split-complementary

#E6CA52 #52B8E6 #8052E6

monochromatic

#A68B18 #DBB820 #E6CA52 #EEDA87 #F5EBBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.93

#E6CA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA52

12.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA52	1.00	1.62	12.93	12.93
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.141 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d988',
    500: '#e6ca52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca52;
$custom-light: #f1d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84073,
    "c": 0.14061,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.59673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA52

secondary

#344AA8

accent

#34D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA52

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

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