#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
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 97)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.31, -3.63, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.31, 55.77, 93.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0132 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.13 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.3859, 60.8744, 20.0868)
Luminance	0.6087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##E6CC61	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)

#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

Preview with #E6CC61

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

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