#E6CE5B#E6CE5B

#E6CE5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.137 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE5B
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.77, -5.07, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.77, 59.08, 94.92°)
OKLab	oklab(84.97% -0.018 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(84.97% 0.137 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5951, 61.7235, 18.8282)
Luminance	0.6172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE5B #5B73E6

analogous

#E6885B #E6CE5B #B9E65B

triadic

#E6CE5B #5BE6CE #CE5BE6

tetradic

#E6CE5B #5BE688 #5B73E6 #E65BB9

square

#E6CE5B #5BE688 #5B73E6 #E65BB9

split-complementary

#E6CE5B #5BB9E6 #885BE6

monochromatic

#AC931A #DEBE26 #E6CE5B #EEDE90 #F6EEC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E6CE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E6CE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE5B

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE5B	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C94F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D261

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.137 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8e',
    500: '#e6ce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce5b;
$custom-light: #f1dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84973,
    "c": 0.13654,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE5B

secondary

#384CAE

accent

#32D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE5B

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

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