#E6CA55#E6CA55

#E6CA55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.597; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.138 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA55
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.69, -3.41, 60.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.69, 60.40, 93.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.1% -0.0139 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(84.1% 0.138 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.3958, 59.7226, 17.2023)
Luminance	0.5972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA55 #5571E6

analogous

#E68255 #E6CA55 #BAE655

triadic

#E6CA55 #55E6CA #CA55E6

tetradic

#E6CA55 #55E682 #5571E6 #E655BA

square

#E6CA55 #55E682 #5571E6 #E655BA

split-complementary

#E6CA55 #55BAE6 #8255E6

monochromatic

#A88C19 #DDB921 #E6CA55 #EEDB8A #F6EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.94

#E6CA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA55

12.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA55	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)

#DDC648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.138 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d98a',
    500: '#e6ca55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca55;
$custom-light: #f1d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.414,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84102,
    "c": 0.1383,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA55

secondary

#364CAA

accent

#36D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA55

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

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