#E6CA62#E6CA62

#E6CA62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.127 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA62
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 98)
HSL	hsl(47, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(47, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.81, -2.53, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.81, 54.67, 92.65°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0099 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.127 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.9605, 59.9485, 20.1765)
Luminance	0.5995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA62 #627EE6

analogous

#E68862 #E6CA62 #C0E662

triadic

#E6CA62 #62E6CA #CA62E6

tetradic

#E6CA62 #62E688 #627EE6 #E662C0

square

#E6CA62 #62E688 #627EE6 #E662C0

split-complementary

#E6CA62 #62C0E6 #8862E6

monochromatic

#B1921C #DEB82D #E6CA62 #EEDC97 #F7EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CA62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E6CA62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA62

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA62	1.00	1.62	12.99	12.99
#FFFFFF	1.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC658

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CF67

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.127 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d992',
    500: '#e6ca62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca62;
$custom-light: #f1d992;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84238,
    "c": 0.12748,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.59946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA62

secondary

#3A54B2

accent

#3AD511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA62

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

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