#E6CA5B#E6CA5B

#E6CA5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.133 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA5B
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.74, -3.02, 57.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.74, 57.80, 93.00°)
OKLab	oklab(84.16% -0.0121 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(84.16% 0.133 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.6444, 59.8221, 18.5113)
Luminance	0.5982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA5B #5B77E6

analogous

#E6855B #E6CA5B #BCE65B

triadic

#E6CA5B #5BE6CA #CA5BE6

tetradic

#E6CA5B #5BE685 #5B77E6 #E65BBC

square

#E6CA5B #5BE685 #5B77E6 #E65BBC

split-complementary

#E6CA5B #5BBCE6 #855BE6

monochromatic

#AC8F1A #DEB926 #E6CA5B #EEDB90 #F6ECC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.96

#E6CA5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA5B

12.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA5B	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)

#DDC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.133 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d98d',
    500: '#e6ca5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca5b;
$custom-light: #f1d98d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84162,
    "c": 0.13347,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.59819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA5B

secondary

#384FAE

accent

#38D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA5B

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

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