#E6CC62#E6CC62

#E6CC62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.609; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.129 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC62
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 98)
HSL	hsl(48, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.32, -3.55, 55.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.32, 55.32, 93.68°)
OKLab	oklab(84.64% -0.0128 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(84.64% 0.129 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(56.4329, 60.8931, 20.3339)
Luminance	0.6089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC62 #627CE6

analogous

#E68A62 #E6CC62 #BEE662

triadic

#E6CC62 #62E6CC #CC62E6

tetradic

#E6CC62 #62E68A #627CE6 #E662BE

square

#E6CC62 #62E68A #627CE6 #E662BE

split-complementary

#E6CC62 #62BEE6 #8A62E6

monochromatic

#B1941C #DEBB2D #E6CC62 #EEDD97 #F7EECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CC62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.18

#E6CC62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC62

13.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC62	1.00	1.59	13.18	13.18
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC857

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D067

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.129 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db92',
    500: '#e6cc62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc62;
$custom-light: #f1db92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84642,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.60891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC62

secondary

#3A52B2

accent

#37D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC62

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

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