#E6CB4F#E6CB4F

#E6CB4F 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	#E6CB4F
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 79)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.89, -4.28, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.89, 63.22, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.25% -0.0171 0.1426)
OKLCH	oklch(84.25% 0.144 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.4029, 60.1021, 16.0782)
Luminance	0.6010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB4F #4F6AE6

analogous

#E6804F #E6CB4F #B5E64F

triadic

#E6CB4F #4FE6CB #CB4FE6

tetradic

#E6CB4F #4FE680 #4F6AE6 #E64FB5

square

#E6CB4F #4FE680 #4F6AE6 #E64FB5

split-complementary

#E6CB4F #4FB5E6 #804FE6

monochromatic

#A38A17 #D9B81F #E6CB4F #EEDB85 #F5EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E6CB4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB4F

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB4F	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)

#DEC73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.2% 0.144 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da86',
    500: '#e6cb4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb4f;
$custom-light: #f1da86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84249,
    "c": 0.14359,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB4F

secondary

#3348A6

accent

#32D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB4F

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

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