#E6CB49#E6CB49

#E6CB49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.600; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.148 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB49
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.85, -4.61, 65.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.85, 65.62, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.2% -0.0187 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(84.2% 0.148 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1943, 60.0187, 14.9795)
Luminance	0.6002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB49 #4964E6

analogous

#E67D49 #E6CB49 #B2E649

triadic

#E6CB49 #49E6CB #CB49E6

tetradic

#E6CB49 #49E67D #4964E6 #E649B2

square

#E6CB49 #49E67D #4964E6 #E649B2

split-complementary

#E6CB49 #49B2E6 #7D49E6

monochromatic

#9F8716 #D5B51D #E6CB49 #EDDA7F #F5EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.00

#E6CB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB49

13.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB49	1.00	1.61	13.00	13.00
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC637

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.148 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da83',
    500: '#e6cb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb49;
$custom-light: #f2da83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.682,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84199,
    "c": 0.14783,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB49

secondary

#3245A2

accent

#56F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB49

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

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