#E6CC4F#E6CC4F

#E6CC4F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.144 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC4F
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 79)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 65.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.15, -4.80, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.15, 63.52, 94.33°)
OKLab	oklab(84.45% -0.0186 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(84.45% 0.144 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(55.6398, 60.5759, 16.1572)
Luminance	0.6057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC4F #4F69E6

analogous

#E6804F #E6CC4F #B4E64F

triadic

#E6CC4F #4FE6CC #CC4FE6

tetradic

#E6CC4F #4FE680 #4F69E6 #E64FB4

square

#E6CC4F #4FE680 #4F69E6 #E64FB4

split-complementary

#E6CC4F #4FB4E6 #804FE6

monochromatic

#A38B17 #D9B91F #E6CC4F #EEDC85 #F5EBBA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.11

#E6CC4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC4F

13.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC4F	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)

#DFC73F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D056

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.144 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db86',
    500: '#e6cc4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc4f;
$custom-light: #f1db86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.669,
    "s": 75.124,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84452,
    "c": 0.14433,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC4F

secondary

#3347A6

accent

#31D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC4F

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

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