#E6CD62#E6CD62

#E6CD62 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.130 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD62
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.58, -4.07, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.58, 55.64, 94.19°)
OKLab	oklab(84.85% -0.0143 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(84.85% 0.13 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.6713, 61.3700, 20.4134)
Luminance	0.6137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD62 #627BE6

analogous

#E68B62 #E6CD62 #BDE662

triadic

#E6CD62 #62E6CD #CD62E6

tetradic

#E6CD62 #62E68B #627BE6 #E662BD

square

#E6CD62 #62E68B #627BE6 #E662BD

split-complementary

#E6CD62 #62BDE6 #8B62E6

monochromatic

#B1951C #DEBC2D #E6CD62 #EEDE97 #F7EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CD62 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.27

#E6CD62 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD62

13.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD62	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD62	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)

#DFC957

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd62;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.130 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc92',
    500: '#e6cd62',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd62;
$custom-light: #f1dc92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd62",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84845,
    "c": 0.12978,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD62

secondary

#3A51B2

accent

#36D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD62

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

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