#E6CA6D#E6CA6D

#E6CA6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.117 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA6D
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.93, -1.67, 49.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.93, 49.59, 91.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.37% -0.0061 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(84.37% 0.117 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.5161, 60.1707, 23.1022)
Luminance	0.6017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA6D #6D89E6

analogous

#E68E6D #E6CA6D #C6E66D

triadic

#E6CA6D #6DE6CA #CA6DE6

tetradic

#E6CA6D #6DE68E #6D89E6 #E66DC6

square

#E6CA6D #6DE68E #6D89E6 #E66DC6

split-complementary

#E6CA6D #6DC6E6 #8E6DE6

monochromatic

#B99520 #DDB739 #E6CA6D #EFDDA1 #F8F0D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CA6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.03

#E6CA6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA6D

13.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA6D	1.00	1.61	13.03	13.03
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC765

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BDB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.117 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d999',
    500: '#e6ca6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca6d;
$custom-light: #f0d999;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.116,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84373,
    "c": 0.11741,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.60168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA6D

secondary

#3E5BB9

accent

#3FD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA6D

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

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