#E6CC4C#E6CC4C

#E6CC4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.605; OKLCH L 84.4% C 0.146 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC4C
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 67%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.13, -4.96, 64.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.13, 64.73, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(84.43% -0.0194 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(84.43% 0.146 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.5331, 60.5332, 15.5950)
Luminance	0.6053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC4C #4C66E6

analogous

#E67F4C #E6CC4C #B3E64C

triadic

#E6CC4C #4CE6CC #CC4CE6

tetradic

#E6CC4C #4CE67F #4C66E6 #E64CB3

square

#E6CC4C #4CE67F #4C66E6 #E64CB3

split-complementary

#E6CC4C #4CB3E6 #7F4CE6

monochromatic

#A18A17 #D7B81E #E6CC4C #EDDB82 #F5EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E6CC4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC4C

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC4C	1.00	1.60	13.11	13.11
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D053

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.4% 0.146 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db84',
    500: '#e6cc4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc4c;
$custom-light: #f2db84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.87,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84427,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.60531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC4C

secondary

#3346A4

accent

#56F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC4C

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

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