#E6CC5C#E6CC5C

#E6CC5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.134 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC5C
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.26, -3.98, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.26, 57.99, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(84.58% -0.0147 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(84.58% 0.134 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1601, 60.7840, 18.8975)
Luminance	0.6078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC5C #5C76E6

analogous

#E6875C #E6CC5C #BBE65C

triadic

#E6CC5C #5CE6CC #CC5CE6

tetradic

#E6CC5C #5CE687 #5C76E6 #E65CBB

square

#E6CC5C #5CE687 #5C76E6 #E65CBB

split-complementary

#E6CC5C #5CBBE6 #875CE6

monochromatic

#AD911B #DEBB27 #E6CC5C #EEDD91 #F6EDC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E6CC5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC5C

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC5C	1.00	1.60	13.16	13.16
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D061

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.134 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8e',
    500: '#e6cc5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc5c;
$custom-light: #f1db8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.696,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84577,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC5C

secondary

#384EAE

accent

#35D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC5C

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

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