#E6CB61#E6CB61

#E6CB61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.604; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.129 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CB61
RGB	rgb(230, 203, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.06, -3.11, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.06, 55.44, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0117 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.129 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.1490, 60.4005, 20.0078)
Luminance	0.6040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CB61 #617CE6

analogous

#E68961 #E6CB61 #BEE661

triadic

#E6CB61 #61E6CB #CB61E6

tetradic

#E6CB61 #61E689 #617CE6 #E661BE

square

#E6CB61 #61E689 #617CE6 #E661BE

split-complementary

#E6CB61 #61BEE6 #8961E6

monochromatic

#B1921C #DEBA2C #E6CB61 #EEDC96 #F7EECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.61

#E6CB61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.08

#E6CB61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CB61

13.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CB61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CB61	1.00	1.61	13.08	13.08
#FFFFFF	1.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC756

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D066

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cb61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 203, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.129 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1da91',
    500: '#e6cb61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cb61;
$custom-light: #f1da91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cb61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84429,
    "c": 0.12911,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.60398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CB61

secondary

#3A52B1

accent

#39D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CB61

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

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