#E6CD63#E6CD63

#E6CD63 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.129 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD63
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 99)
HSL	hsl(49, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 57%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.59, -3.99, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.59, 55.19, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(84.86% -0.014 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(84.86% 0.129 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.7188, 61.3890, 20.6636)
Luminance	0.6139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD63 #637CE6

analogous

#E68C63 #E6CD63 #BDE663

triadic

#E6CD63 #63E6CD #CD63E6

tetradic

#E6CD63 #63E68C #637CE6 #E663BD

square

#E6CD63 #63E68C #637CE6 #E663BD

split-complementary

#E6CD63 #63BDE6 #8C63E6

monochromatic

#B2961D #DEBC2E #E6CD63 #EEDE98 #F7EFCC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CD63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.28

#E6CD63 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD63

13.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD63	1.00	1.58	13.28	13.28
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC959

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D168

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.129 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc93',
    500: '#e6cd63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd63;
$custom-light: #f1dc93;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 64.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84856,
    "c": 0.1289,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD63

secondary

#3B51B3

accent

#36D411

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD63

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

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