#E6CB57#E6CB57

#E6CB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.602; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.137 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB57
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.96, -3.80, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.96, 59.85, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.32% -0.0148 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(84.32% 0.137 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.7118, 60.2257, 17.7052)
Luminance	0.6022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB57 #5772E6

analogous

#E68357 #E6CB57 #BAE657

triadic

#E6CB57 #57E6CB #CB57E6

tetradic

#E6CB57 #57E683 #5772E6 #E657BA

square

#E6CB57 #57E683 #5772E6 #E657BA

split-complementary

#E6CB57 #57BAE6 #8357E6

monochromatic

#A98E19 #DEBB22 #E6CB57 #EEDB8C #F6ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.04

#E6CB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB57

13.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB57	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)

#DEC74A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.137 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da8b',
    500: '#e6cb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb57;
$custom-light: #f1da8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84324,
    "c": 0.13747,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB57

secondary

#364CAB

accent

#35D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB57

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

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