#E6CD4C#E6CD4C

#E6CD4C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.610; OKLCH L 84.6% C 0.147 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD4C
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 67%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.38, -5.47, 64.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.38, 65.04, 94.83°)
OKLab	oklab(84.63% -0.0209 0.1458)
OKLCH	oklch(84.63% 0.147 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.7715, 61.0101, 15.6745)
Luminance	0.6101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD4C #4C65E6

analogous

#E6804C #E6CD4C #B2E64C

triadic

#E6CD4C #4CE6CD #CD4CE6

tetradic

#E6CD4C #4CE680 #4C65E6 #E64CB2

square

#E6CD4C #4CE680 #4C65E6 #E64CB2

split-complementary

#E6CD4C #4CB2E6 #804CE6

monochromatic

#A18B17 #D7B91E #E6CD4C #EDDC82 #F5EBB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.20

#E6CD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD4C

13.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD4C	1.00	1.59	13.20	13.20
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C83B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D153

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.6% 0.147 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2db84',
    500: '#e6cd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd4c;
$custom-light: #f2db84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.26,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 60
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8463,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD4C

secondary

#3345A4

accent

#54F236

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD4C

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

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