#E6CC5F#E6CC5F

#E6CC5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.608; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.132 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC5F
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 95)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 58.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.29, -3.77, 56.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.29, 56.66, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0138 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.132 96)
XYZ	xyz(56.2939, 60.8375, 19.6019)
Luminance	0.6083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC5F #5F79E6

analogous

#E6885F #E6CC5F #BDE65F

triadic

#E6CC5F #5FE6CC #CC5FE6

tetradic

#E6CC5F #5FE688 #5F79E6 #E65FBD

square

#E6CC5F #5FE688 #5F79E6 #E65FBD

split-complementary

#E6CC5F #5FBDE6 #885FE6

monochromatic

#AF931B #DEBB2A #E6CC5F #EEDD94 #F7EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CC5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17

#E6CC5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC5F

13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC5F	1.00	1.59	13.17	13.17
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC854

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D064

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.132 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db90',
    500: '#e6cc5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc5f;
$custom-light: #f1db90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.444,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84609,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.60835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC5F

secondary

#3950B0

accent

#36D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC5F

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

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