#E6CC49#E6CC49

#E6CC49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.149 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC49
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.11, -5.12, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.11, 65.92, 94.46°)
OKLab	oklab(84.4% -0.0202 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(84.4% 0.149 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.4312, 60.4925, 15.0585)
Luminance	0.6049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC49 #4963E6

analogous

#E67E49 #E6CC49 #B1E649

triadic

#E6CC49 #49E6CC #CC49E6

tetradic

#E6CC49 #49E67E #4963E6 #E649B1

square

#E6CC49 #49E67E #4963E6 #E649B1

split-complementary

#E6CC49 #49B1E6 #7E49E6

monochromatic

#9F8816 #D5B61D #E6CC49 #EDDB7F #F5EAB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.10

#E6CC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC49

13.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC49	1.00	1.60	13.10	13.10
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.149 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db83',
    500: '#e6cc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc49;
$custom-light: #f2db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.064,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84402,
    "c": 0.14857,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.6049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC49

secondary

#3244A2

accent

#55F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC49

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

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