#E6CC72#E6CC72

#E6CC72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.114 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC72
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 50.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -2.27, 47.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 47.88, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(84.84% -0.0073 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(84.84% 0.114 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.2652, 61.2261, 24.7177)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC72 #728CE6

analogous

#E69272 #E6CC72 #C6E672

triadic

#E6CC72 #72E6CC #CC72E6

tetradic

#E6CC72 #72E692 #728CE6 #E672C6

square

#E6CC72 #72E692 #728CE6 #E672C6

split-complementary

#E6CC72 #72C6E6 #9272E6

monochromatic

#BC9A21 #DDB93E #E6CC72 #EFDFA6 #F8F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CC72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E6CC72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC72

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC72	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.114 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0db9c',
    500: '#e6cc72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc72;
$custom-light: #f0db9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.552,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84842,
    "c": 0.1141,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.61224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC72

secondary

#405CBC

accent

#3ED214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC72

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

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