#E6CB5B#E6CB5B

#E6CB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.603; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.134 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB5B
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.00, -3.53, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.00, 58.12, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(84.36% -0.0136 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(84.36% 0.134 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.8798, 60.2928, 18.5898)
Luminance	0.6029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB5B #5B76E6

analogous

#E6855B #E6CB5B #BCE65B

triadic

#E6CB5B #5BE6CB #CB5BE6

tetradic

#E6CB5B #5BE685 #5B76E6 #E65BBC

square

#E6CB5B #5BE685 #5B76E6 #E65BBC

split-complementary

#E6CB5B #5BBCE6 #855BE6

monochromatic

#AC901A #DEBA26 #E6CB5B #EEDC90 #F6EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.06

#E6CB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB5B

13.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB5B	1.00	1.61	13.06	13.06
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.134 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da8d',
    500: '#e6cb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb5b;
$custom-light: #f1da8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84364,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB5B

secondary

#384FAE

accent

#36D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB5B

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

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