#E6CB5A#E6CB5A

#E6CB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.135 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB5A
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.99, -3.60, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.99, 58.55, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(84.35% -0.0139 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(84.35% 0.135 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.8369, 60.2757, 18.3641)
Luminance	0.6027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB5A #5A75E6

analogous

#E6855A #E6CB5A #BBE65A

triadic

#E6CB5A #5AE6CB #CB5AE6

tetradic

#E6CB5A #5AE685 #5A75E6 #E65ABB

square

#E6CB5A #5AE685 #5A75E6 #E65ABB

split-complementary

#E6CB5A #5ABBE6 #855AE6

monochromatic

#AC901A #DEBA25 #E6CB5A #EEDC8F #F6ECC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.05

#E6CB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB5A

13.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB5A	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)

#DEC74E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.135 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da8d',
    500: '#e6cb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb5a;
$custom-light: #f1da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.429,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84354,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.60273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB5A

secondary

#374EAD

accent

#36D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB5A

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

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