#E6CB56#E6CB56

#E6CB56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.138 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB56
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.95, -3.86, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.95, 60.28, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(84.31% -0.0151 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(84.31% 0.138 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6712, 60.2094, 17.4915)
Luminance	0.6021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB56 #5671E6

analogous

#E68356 #E6CB56 #B9E656

triadic

#E6CB56 #56E6CB #CB56E6

tetradic

#E6CB56 #56E683 #5671E6 #E656B9

square

#E6CB56 #56E683 #5671E6 #E656B9

split-complementary

#E6CB56 #56B9E6 #8356E6

monochromatic

#A98E19 #DEBB21 #E6CB56 #EEDB8B #F6ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E6CB56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB56

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB56	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)

#DEC749

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.138 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da8a',
    500: '#e6cb56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb56;
$custom-light: #f1da8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84314,
    "c": 0.13826,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB56

secondary

#364CAA

accent

#34D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB56

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

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