#E6CC50#E6CC50

#E6CC50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.606; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.144 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC50
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.16, -4.74, 62.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.16, 63.11, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.46% -0.0183 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(84.46% 0.144 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6765, 60.5906, 16.3503)
Luminance	0.6059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC50 #506AE6

analogous

#E68150 #E6CC50 #B5E650

triadic

#E6CC50 #50E6CC #CC50E6

tetradic

#E6CC50 #50E681 #506AE6 #E650B5

square

#E6CC50 #50E681 #506AE6 #E650B5

split-complementary

#E6CC50 #50B5E6 #8150E6

monochromatic

#A48C17 #DAB91F #E6CC50 #EEDC86 #F5EBBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.12

#E6CC50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC50

13.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC50	1.00	1.60	13.12	13.12
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BDB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.144 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db87',
    500: '#e6cc50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc50;
$custom-light: #f1db87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.6,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84461,
    "c": 0.1436,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC50

secondary

#3448A6

accent

#31D70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC50

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

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