#E6CA5E#E6CA5E

#E6CA5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.131 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA5E
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 94)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -2.82, 56.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 56.47, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.19% -0.0112 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(84.19% 0.131 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.7764, 59.8749, 19.2066)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA5E #5E7AE6

analogous

#E6865E #E6CA5E #BEE65E

triadic

#E6CA5E #5EE6CA #CA5EE6

tetradic

#E6CA5E #5EE686 #5E7AE6 #E65EBE

square

#E6CA5E #5EE686 #5E7AE6 #E65EBE

split-complementary

#E6CA5E #5EBEE6 #865EE6

monochromatic

#AF901B #DEB929 #E6CA5E #EEDB93 #F6EDC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E6CA5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA5E

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA5E	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)

#DCC653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.131 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d98f',
    500: '#e6ca5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca5e;
$custom-light: #f1d98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84194,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.59872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA5E

secondary

#3951B0

accent

#39D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA5E

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

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