#E6CB3D#E6CB3D

#E6CB3D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.599; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.155 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB3D
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 73.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.77, -5.19, 69.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.77, 70.07, 94.24°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0216 0.1539)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.155 98)
XYZ	xyz(54.8341, 59.8746, 13.0827)
Luminance	0.5987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB3D #3D58E6

analogous

#E6763D #E6CB3D #ADE63D

triadic

#E6CB3D #3DE6CB #CB3DE6

tetradic

#E6CB3D #3DE676 #3D58E6 #E63DAD

square

#E6CB3D #3DE676 #3D58E6 #E63DAD

split-complementary

#E6CB3D #3DADE6 #763DE6

monochromatic

#958113 #CCAF1A #E6CB3D #EDDA73 #F4E8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.97

#E6CB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB3D

12.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB3D	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)

#DFC624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.155 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da7c',
    500: '#e6cb3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb3d;
$custom-light: #f2da7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.414,
    "s": 77.169,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84112,
    "c": 0.15537,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.59872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB3D

secondary

#2E3F99

accent

#53F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB3D

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

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