#E6CA60#E6CA60

#E6CA60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.129 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA60
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 96)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.79, -2.67, 55.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.79, 55.58, 92.76°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0105 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.129 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.8673, 59.9112, 19.6854)
Luminance	0.5991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA60 #607CE6

analogous

#E68760 #E6CA60 #BFE660

triadic

#E6CA60 #60E6CA #CA60E6

tetradic

#E6CA60 #60E687 #607CE6 #E660BF

square

#E6CA60 #60E687 #607CE6 #E660BF

split-complementary

#E6CA60 #60BFE6 #8760E6

monochromatic

#B0911C #DEB82B #E6CA60 #EEDC95 #F7EDCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.98

#E6CA60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA60

12.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA60	1.00	1.62	12.98	12.98
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CF65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.129 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d990',
    500: '#e6ca60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca60;
$custom-light: #f1d990;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.463,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84216,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA60

secondary

#3952B1

accent

#3AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA60

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

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