#E6CD60#E6CD60

#E6CD60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.132 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD60
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.56, -4.21, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.56, 56.54, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(84.82% -0.015 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(84.82% 0.132 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.5780, 61.3327, 19.9223)
Luminance	0.6133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD60 #6079E6

analogous

#E68A60 #E6CD60 #BCE660

triadic

#E6CD60 #60E6CD #CD60E6

tetradic

#E6CD60 #60E68A #6079E6 #E660BC

square

#E6CD60 #60E68A #6079E6 #E660BC

split-complementary

#E6CD60 #60BCE6 #8A60E6

monochromatic

#B0941C #DEBC2B #E6CD60 #EEDE95 #F7EECA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CD60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E6CD60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD60

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD60	1.00	1.58	13.27	13.27
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC955

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.132 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc91',
    500: '#e6cd60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd60;
$custom-light: #f1dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.806,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84823,
    "c": 0.13152,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.6133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD60

secondary

#3950B1

accent

#35D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD60

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

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