#E6CC5B#E6CC5B

#E6CC5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.135 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC5B
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.25, -4.05, 58.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.25, 58.43, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(84.57% -0.0151 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(84.57% 0.135 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1167, 60.7667, 18.6688)
Luminance	0.6076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC5B #5B75E6

analogous

#E6865B #E6CC5B #BAE65B

triadic

#E6CC5B #5BE6CC #CC5BE6

tetradic

#E6CC5B #5BE686 #5B75E6 #E65BBA

square

#E6CC5B #5BE686 #5B75E6 #E65BBA

split-complementary

#E6CC5B #5BBAE6 #865BE6

monochromatic

#AC911A #DEBB26 #E6CC5B #EEDD90 #F6EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E6CC5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC5B

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC5B	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)

#DFC84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D060

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.135 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8d',
    500: '#e6cc5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc5b;
$custom-light: #f1db8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84567,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.60764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC5B

secondary

#384EAE

accent

#35D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC5B

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

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