#E6CB55#E6CB55

#E6CB55 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.139 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB55
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.94, -3.92, 60.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.94, 60.71, 93.71°)
OKLab	oklab(84.3% -0.0154 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(84.3% 0.139 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6312, 60.1934, 17.2808)
Luminance	0.6019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB55 #5570E6

analogous

#E68355 #E6CB55 #B8E655

triadic

#E6CB55 #55E6CB #CB55E6

tetradic

#E6CB55 #55E683 #5570E6 #E655B8

square

#E6CB55 #55E683 #5570E6 #E655B8

split-complementary

#E6CB55 #55B8E6 #8355E6

monochromatic

#A88D19 #DDBA21 #E6CB55 #EEDB8A #F6ECC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E6CB55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB55

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB55	1.00	1.61	13.04	13.04
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.139 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da8a',
    500: '#e6cb55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb55;
$custom-light: #f1da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84304,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB55

secondary

#364BAA

accent

#34D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB55

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

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