#E6CA54#E6CA54

#E6CA54 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.139 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA54
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.68, -3.47, 60.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.68, 60.83, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.09% -0.0142 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(84.09% 0.139 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3564, 59.7069, 16.9946)
Luminance	0.5970 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA54 #5470E6

analogous

#E68154 #E6CA54 #B9E654

triadic

#E6CA54 #54E6CA #CA54E6

tetradic

#E6CA54 #54E681 #5470E6 #E654B9

square

#E6CA54 #54E681 #5470E6 #E654B9

split-complementary

#E6CA54 #54B9E6 #8154E6

monochromatic

#A78C18 #DDB820 #E6CA54 #EEDB89 #F6EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA54 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E6CA54 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA54

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA54	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA54	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)

#DDC646

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca54;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.139 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d989',
    500: '#e6ca54',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca54;
$custom-light: #f1d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca54",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 74.49,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84092,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA54

secondary

#354BA9

accent

#35D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA54

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

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