#E6CC61#E6CC61

#E6CC61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.130 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#E6CC61
RGBrgb(230, 204, 97)
HSLhsl(48, 73%, 64%)
HSVhsv(48, 58%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 11.3%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(82.31, -3.63, 55.65)
CIE-LCHlch(82.31, 55.77, 93.73°)
OKLaboklab(84.63% -0.0132 0.1292)
OKLCHoklch(84.63% 0.13 95.8)
XYZxyz(56.3859, 60.8744, 20.0868)
Luminance0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#E6CC61 #617BE6
analogous
#E68A61 #E6CC61 #BEE661
triadic
#E6CC61 #61E6CC #CC61E6
tetradic
#E6CC61 #61E68A #617BE6 #E661BE
square
#E6CC61 #61E68A #617BE6 #E661BE
split-complementary
#E6CC61 #61BEE6 #8A61E6
monochromatic
#B1941C #DEBB2C #E6CC61 #EEDD96 #F7EECB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59
#E6CC61 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.17
#E6CC61 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC61
13.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##E6CC61#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##E6CC611.001.5913.1713.17
#FFFFFF1.591.0021.0021.00
#00000013.1721.001.001.00
##00000013.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC856
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E5D066
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F6BEB4
Achromatopsia (no color)
#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #e6cc61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.130 95.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db91',
    500: '#e6cc61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #e6cc61;
$custom-light: #f1db91;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#e6cc61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.271,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84631,
    "c": 0.12988,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#E6CC61
secondary
#3A51B1
accent
#37D511
background
#FFFEFC
surface
#FFFBF4
border
#D7D4CE
text
#17140D
muted
#85837F

Preview Lab

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#E6CC61 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva