#E6CE49#E6CE49

#E6CE49 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.150 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE49
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 76%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 68.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -6.14, 66.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 66.53, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0231 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.15 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(55.9096, 61.4493, 15.2180)
Luminance	0.6145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE49 #4961E6

analogous

#E68049 #E6CE49 #B0E649

triadic

#E6CE49 #49E6CE #CE49E6

tetradic

#E6CE49 #49E680 #4961E6 #E649B0

square

#E6CE49 #49E680 #4961E6 #E649B0

split-complementary

#E6CE49 #49B0E6 #8049E6

monochromatic

#9F8A16 #D5B91D #E6CE49 #EDDC7F #F5EBB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E6CE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE49

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE49	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.150 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2dc83',
    500: '#e6ce49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce49;
$custom-light: #f2dc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.828,
    "s": 75.845,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8481,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE49

secondary

#3243A2

accent

#52F235

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#17150B

muted

#85847E

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE49

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

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