#E6CB59#E6CB59

#E6CB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.3% C 0.136 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB59
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.98, -3.67, 58.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.98, 58.99, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.34% -0.0142 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(84.34% 0.136 96)
XYZ	xyz(55.7946, 60.2588, 18.1415)
Luminance	0.6026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB59 #5974E6

analogous

#E68559 #E6CB59 #BAE659

triadic

#E6CB59 #59E6CB #CB59E6

tetradic

#E6CB59 #59E685 #5974E6 #E659BA

square

#E6CB59 #59E685 #5974E6 #E659BA

split-complementary

#E6CB59 #59BAE6 #8559E6

monochromatic

#AB8F1A #DEBA24 #E6CB59 #EEDC8E #F6ECC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E6CB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB59

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB59	1.00	1.61	13.05	13.05
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.3% 0.136 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da8c',
    500: '#e6cb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb59;
$custom-light: #f1da8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84344,
    "c": 0.13586,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.60256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB59

secondary

#374DAC

accent

#36D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB59

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

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