#E6CA53#E6CA53

#E6CA53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.140 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA53
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 83)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.67, -3.54, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.67, 61.25, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.08% -0.0145 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(84.08% 0.14 96)
XYZ	xyz(55.3175, 59.6913, 16.7898)
Luminance	0.5969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA53 #536FE6

analogous

#E68153 #E6CA53 #B9E653

triadic

#E6CA53 #53E6CA #CA53E6

tetradic

#E6CA53 #53E681 #536FE6 #E653B9

square

#E6CA53 #53E681 #536FE6 #E653B9

split-complementary

#E6CA53 #53B9E6 #8153E6

monochromatic

#A68B18 #DCB820 #E6CA53 #EEDA88 #F6EBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E6CA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA53

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA53	1.00	1.62	12.94	12.94
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC645

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.140 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d988',
    500: '#e6ca53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca53;
$custom-light: #f1d988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.571,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84083,
    "c": 0.13986,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.59689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA53

secondary

#354BA8

accent

#35D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA53

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

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