#E6CA57#E6CA57

#E6CA57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.137 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA57
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.70, -3.29, 59.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.70, 59.55, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(84.12% -0.0133 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(84.12% 0.137 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.4764, 59.7549, 17.6267)
Luminance	0.5975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA57 #5773E6

analogous

#E68357 #E6CA57 #BAE657

triadic

#E6CA57 #57E6CA #CA57E6

tetradic

#E6CA57 #57E683 #5773E6 #E657BA

square

#E6CA57 #57E683 #5773E6 #E657BA

split-complementary

#E6CA57 #57BAE6 #8357E6

monochromatic

#A98D19 #DEB922 #E6CA57 #EEDB8C #F6ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.95

#E6CA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA57

12.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA57	1.00	1.62	12.95	12.95
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.137 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d98b',
    500: '#e6ca57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca57;
$custom-light: #f1d98b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.252,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84121,
    "c": 0.13672,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA57

secondary

#364DAB

accent

#36D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA57

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

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