#E6CD5C#E6CD5C

#E6CD5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.135 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD5C
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 92)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.52, -4.49, 58.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.52, 58.32, 94.42°)
OKLab	oklab(84.78% -0.0162 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(84.78% 0.135 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.3986, 61.2609, 18.9770)
Luminance	0.6126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD5C #5C75E6

analogous

#E6885C #E6CD5C #BAE65C

triadic

#E6CD5C #5CE6CD #CD5CE6

tetradic

#E6CD5C #5CE688 #5C75E6 #E65CBA

square

#E6CD5C #5CE688 #5C75E6 #E65CBA

split-complementary

#E6CD5C #5CBAE6 #885CE6

monochromatic

#AD931B #DEBD27 #E6CD5C #EEDD91 #F6EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CD5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.25

#E6CD5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD5C

13.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD5C	1.00	1.58	13.25	13.25
#FFFFFF	1.58	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)

#DFC950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D161

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.135 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8e',
    500: '#e6cd5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd5c;
$custom-light: #f1dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.13,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8478,
    "c": 0.13492,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD5C

secondary

#384DAE

accent

#34D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD5C

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

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