#E6CA5C#E6CA5C

#E6CA5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.598; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.133 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA5C
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 92)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.75, -2.95, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.75, 57.36, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0118 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.133 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.6878, 59.8394, 18.7400)
Luminance	0.5984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA5C #5C78E6

analogous

#E6855C #E6CA5C #BDE65C

triadic

#E6CA5C #5CE6CA #CA5CE6

tetradic

#E6CA5C #5CE685 #5C78E6 #E65CBD

square

#E6CA5C #5CE685 #5C78E6 #E65CBD

split-complementary

#E6CA5C #5CBDE6 #855CE6

monochromatic

#AD8F1B #DEB927 #E6CA5C #EEDB91 #F6EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E6CA5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA5C

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA5C	1.00	1.62	12.97	12.97
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC650

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.133 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d98e',
    500: '#e6ca5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca5c;
$custom-light: #f1d98e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.826,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84172,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA5C

secondary

#3850AE

accent

#38D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA5C

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

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