#E6CB45#E6CB45

#E6CB45 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.150 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB45
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 69)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.82, -4.82, 66.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.82, 67.16, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.17% -0.0198 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(84.17% 0.15 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(55.0659, 59.9673, 14.3034)
Luminance	0.5997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB45 #4560E6

analogous

#E67A45 #E6CB45 #B0E645

triadic

#E6CB45 #45E6CB #CB45E6

tetradic

#E6CB45 #45E67A #4560E6 #E645B0

square

#E6CB45 #45E67A #4560E6 #E645B0

split-complementary

#E6CB45 #45B0E6 #7A45E6

monochromatic

#9C8515 #D2B31C #E6CB45 #EDDA7B #F5E9B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.62

#E6CB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.99

#E6CB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB45

12.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB45	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)

#DFC631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.150 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da80',
    500: '#e6cb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb45;
$custom-light: #f2da80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.938,
    "s": 76.303,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84168,
    "c": 0.15048,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB45

secondary

#30439F

accent

#55F335

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB45

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

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