#E6CE5C#E6CE5C

#E6CE5C is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.136 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE5C
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 92)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 60%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -5.00, 58.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 58.64, 94.89°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0177 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.136 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.6385, 61.7409, 19.0569)
Luminance	0.6174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE5C #5C74E6

analogous

#E6895C #E6CE5C #B9E65C

triadic

#E6CE5C #5CE6CE #CE5CE6

tetradic

#E6CE5C #5CE689 #5C74E6 #E65CB9

square

#E6CE5C #5CE689 #5C74E6 #E65CB9

split-complementary

#E6CE5C #5CB9E6 #895CE6

monochromatic

#AD941B #DEBE27 #E6CE5C #EEDE91 #F6EEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E6CE5C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E6CE5C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE5C

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE5C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE5C	1.00	1.57	13.35	13.35
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C950

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce5c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.136 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8e',
    500: '#e6ce5c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce5c;
$custom-light: #f1dc8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce5c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84983,
    "c": 0.13571,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.61738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE5C

secondary

#384DAE

accent

#32D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE5C

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

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