#E6CD49#E6CD49

#E6CD49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.149 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD49
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.36, -5.63, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.36, 66.22, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(84.61% -0.0217 0.1477)
OKLCH	oklch(84.61% 0.149 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.6696, 60.9694, 15.1380)
Luminance	0.6097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD49 #4962E6

analogous

#E67F49 #E6CD49 #B0E649

triadic

#E6CD49 #49E6CD #CD49E6

tetradic

#E6CD49 #49E67F #4962E6 #E649B0

square

#E6CD49 #49E67F #4962E6 #E649B0

split-complementary

#E6CD49 #49B0E6 #7F49E6

monochromatic

#9F8916 #D5B71D #E6CD49 #EDDC7F #F5EBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.19

#E6CD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD49

13.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD49	1.00	1.59	13.19	13.19
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C837

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.149 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db83',
    500: '#e6cd49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd49;
$custom-light: #f2db83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.446,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84606,
    "c": 0.14932,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.60967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD49

secondary

#3243A2

accent

#53F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD49

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

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