#E6CB4C#E6CB4C

#E6CB4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.146 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB4C
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 76)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 67%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.87, -4.45, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.87, 64.43, 93.96°)
OKLab	oklab(84.22% -0.0179 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(84.22% 0.146 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2962, 60.0594, 15.5161)
Luminance	0.6006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB4C #4C67E6

analogous

#E67E4C #E6CB4C #B4E64C

triadic

#E6CB4C #4CE6CB #CB4CE6

tetradic

#E6CB4C #4CE67E #4C67E6 #E64CB4

square

#E6CB4C #4CE67E #4C67E6 #E64CB4

split-complementary

#E6CB4C #4CB4E6 #7E4CE6

monochromatic

#A18917 #D7B61E #E6CB4C #EDDB82 #F5EAB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.01

#E6CB4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB4C

13.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB4C	1.00	1.61	13.01	13.01
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC63B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6CF53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.146 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2da84',
    500: '#e6cb4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb4c;
$custom-light: #f2da84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.481,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84223,
    "c": 0.14575,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB4C

secondary

#3346A4

accent

#57F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB4C

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

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