#E6CC5E#E6CC5E

#E6CC5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.132 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC5E
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 94)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.28, -3.84, 56.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.28, 57.11, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.6% -0.0141 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(84.6% 0.132 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.2487, 60.8195, 19.3640)
Luminance	0.6082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC5E #5E78E6

analogous

#E6885E #E6CC5E #BCE65E

triadic

#E6CC5E #5EE6CC #CC5EE6

tetradic

#E6CC5E #5EE688 #5E78E6 #E65EBC

square

#E6CC5E #5EE688 #5E78E6 #E65EBC

split-complementary

#E6CC5E #5EBCE6 #885EE6

monochromatic

#AF921B #DEBB29 #E6CC5E #EEDD93 #F6EEC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.16

#E6CC5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC5E

13.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC5E	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)

#DEC853

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D063

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.132 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8f',
    500: '#e6cc5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc5e;
$custom-light: #f1db8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84598,
    "c": 0.13245,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.60817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC5E

secondary

#394FB0

accent

#36D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC5E

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

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