#E6CA72#E6CA72

#E6CA72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.113 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CA72
RGB	rgb(230, 202, 114)
HSL	hsl(46, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(46, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 50.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -1.24, 47.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 47.22, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(84.44% -0.0043 0.1125)
OKLCH	oklch(84.44% 0.113 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7929, 60.2815, 24.5603)
Luminance	0.6028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CA72 #728EE6

analogous

#E69072 #E6CA72 #C8E672

triadic

#E6CA72 #72E6CA #CA72E6

tetradic

#E6CA72 #72E690 #728EE6 #E672C8

square

#E6CA72 #72E690 #728EE6 #E672C8

split-complementary

#E6CA72 #72C8E6 #9072E6

monochromatic

#BC9721 #DDB63E #E6CA72 #EFDEA6 #F8F1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CA72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E6CA72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CA72

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CA72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CA72	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC76A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF75

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BEB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ca72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 202, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.113 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d99c',
    500: '#e6ca72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ca72;
$custom-light: #f0d99c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ca72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8444,
    "c": 0.11257,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CA72

secondary

#405EBC

accent

#42D214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CA72

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

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