#E6CA59#E6CA59

#E6CA59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.135 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA59
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.72, -3.15, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.72, 58.68, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(84.14% -0.0127 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(84.14% 0.135 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.5593, 59.7880, 18.0630)
Luminance	0.5978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA59 #5975E6

analogous

#E68359 #E6CA59 #BCE659

triadic

#E6CA59 #59E6CA #CA59E6

tetradic

#E6CA59 #59E683 #5975E6 #E659BC

square

#E6CA59 #59E683 #5975E6 #E659BC

split-complementary

#E6CA59 #59BCE6 #8359E6

monochromatic

#AB8E1A #DEB924 #E6CA59 #EEDB8E #F6ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E6CA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA59

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA59	1.00	1.62	12.96	12.96
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.135 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d98c',
    500: '#e6ca59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca59;
$custom-light: #f1d98c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84141,
    "c": 0.13511,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA59

secondary

#374EAC

accent

#37D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA59

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

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