#E6CB50#E6CB50

#E6CB50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.601; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.143 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB50
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.90, -4.23, 62.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.90, 62.80, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.26% -0.0168 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(84.26% 0.143 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4396, 60.1168, 16.2714)
Luminance	0.6011 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB50 #506BE6

analogous

#E68050 #E6CB50 #B6E650

triadic

#E6CB50 #50E6CB #CB50E6

tetradic

#E6CB50 #50E680 #506BE6 #E650B6

square

#E6CB50 #50E680 #506BE6 #E650B6

split-complementary

#E6CB50 #50B6E6 #8050E6

monochromatic

#A48B17 #DAB81F #E6CB50 #EEDB86 #F5EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.02

#E6CB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB50

13.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB50	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)

#DEC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5CF56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BCB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.143 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da87',
    500: '#e6cb50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb50;
$custom-light: #f1da87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84258,
    "c": 0.14285,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB50

secondary

#3448A6

accent

#32D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB50

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

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