#E6CD5B#E6CD5B

#E6CD5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD5B
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.51, -4.56, 58.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.51, 58.75, 94.45°)
OKLab	oklab(84.77% -0.0165 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(84.77% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(56.3551, 61.2436, 18.7483)
Luminance	0.6124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD5B #5B74E6

analogous

#E6885B #E6CD5B #B9E65B

triadic

#E6CD5B #5BE6CD #CD5BE6

tetradic

#E6CD5B #5BE688 #5B74E6 #E65BB9

square

#E6CD5B #5BE688 #5B74E6 #E65BB9

split-complementary

#E6CD5B #5BB9E6 #885BE6

monochromatic

#AC921A #DEBD26 #E6CD5B #EEDD90 #F6EDC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E6CD5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD5B

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD5B	1.00	1.59	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8d',
    500: '#e6cd5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd5b;
$custom-light: #f1dc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8477,
    "c": 0.13575,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.61241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD5B

secondary

#384DAE

accent

#33D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD5B

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

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