#E6CE50#E6CE50

#E6CE50 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.615; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.145 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE50
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 65%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 65.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.67, -5.76, 63.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.67, 63.74, 95.18°)
OKLab	oklab(84.87% -0.0212 0.1436)
OKLCH	oklch(84.87% 0.145 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1549, 61.5474, 16.5098)
Luminance	0.6155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE50 #5068E6

analogous

#E68350 #E6CE50 #B3E650

triadic

#E6CE50 #50E6CE #CE50E6

tetradic

#E6CE50 #50E683 #5068E6 #E650B3

square

#E6CE50 #50E683 #5068E6 #E650B3

split-complementary

#E6CE50 #50B3E6 #8350E6

monochromatic

#A48E17 #DABC1F #E6CE50 #EEDD86 #F5ECBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.31

#E6CE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE50

13.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE50	1.00	1.58	13.31	13.31
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D157

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.145 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc87',
    500: '#e6ce50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce50;
$custom-light: #f1dc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84868,
    "c": 0.14513,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE50

secondary

#3446A6

accent

#2ED70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE50

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

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