#E6CC5A#E6CC5A

#E6CC5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC5A
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.24, -4.11, 58.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.24, 58.87, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.56% -0.0154 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(84.56% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0738, 60.7495, 18.4431)
Luminance	0.6075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC5A #5A74E6

analogous

#E6865A #E6CC5A #BAE65A

triadic

#E6CC5A #5AE6CC #CC5AE6

tetradic

#E6CC5A #5AE686 #5A74E6 #E65ABA

square

#E6CC5A #5AE686 #5A74E6 #E65ABA

split-complementary

#E6CC5A #5ABAE6 #865AE6

monochromatic

#AC911A #DEBC25 #E6CC5A #EEDC8F #F6EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E6CC5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC5A

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC5A	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8d',
    500: '#e6cc5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc5a;
$custom-light: #f1db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84556,
    "c": 0.1358,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.60747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC5A

secondary

#374DAD

accent

#34D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC5A

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

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