#E6CD5A#E6CD5A

#E6CD5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD5A
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.50, -4.63, 59.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.50, 59.19, 94.48°)
OKLab	oklab(84.76% -0.0168 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(84.76% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.3123, 61.2264, 18.5226)
Luminance	0.6122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD5A #5A73E6

analogous

#E6875A #E6CD5A #B9E65A

triadic

#E6CD5A #5AE6CD #CD5AE6

tetradic

#E6CD5A #5AE687 #5A73E6 #E65AB9

square

#E6CD5A #5AE687 #5A73E6 #E65AB9

split-complementary

#E6CD5A #5AB9E6 #875AE6

monochromatic

#AC921A #DEBD25 #E6CD5A #EEDD8F #F6EDC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E6CD5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD5A

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD5A	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)

#E0C84D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8d',
    500: '#e6cd5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd5a;
$custom-light: #f1dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.286,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84759,
    "c": 0.13657,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.61224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD5A

secondary

#374CAD

accent

#33D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD5A

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

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