#E6CB4E#E6CB4E

#E6CB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.2% C 0.144 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB4E
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -4.34, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 63.62, 93.91°)
OKLab	oklab(84.24% -0.0174 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(84.24% 0.144 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.3668, 60.0876, 15.8880)
Luminance	0.6008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB4E #4E69E6

analogous

#E67F4E #E6CB4E #B5E64E

triadic

#E6CB4E #4EE6CB #CB4EE6

tetradic

#E6CB4E #4EE67F #4E69E6 #E64EB5

square

#E6CB4E #4EE67F #4E69E6 #E64EB5

split-complementary

#E6CB4E #4EB5E6 #7F4EE6

monochromatic

#A38A17 #D8B71F #E6CB4E #EEDB84 #F5EBB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E6CB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB4E

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB4E	1.00	1.61	13.02	13.02
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.144 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da85',
    500: '#e6cb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb4e;
$custom-light: #f1da85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.342,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8424,
    "c": 0.14431,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB4E

secondary

#3347A5

accent

#32D70E

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB4E

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

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