#E6CE5D#E6CE5D

#E6CE5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE5D
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.78, -4.93, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.78, 58.20, 94.86°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0174 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.6825, 61.7585, 19.2887)
Luminance	0.6176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE5D #5D75E6

analogous

#E6895D #E6CE5D #B9E65D

triadic

#E6CE5D #5DE6CE #CE5DE6

tetradic

#E6CE5D #5DE689 #5D75E6 #E65DB9

square

#E6CE5D #5DE689 #5D75E6 #E65DB9

split-complementary

#E6CE5D #5DB9E6 #895DE6

monochromatic

#AE941B #DEBE28 #E6CE5D #EEDE92 #F6EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E6CE5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.35

#E6CE5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE5D

13.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE5D	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)

#E0C951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D262

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8f',
    500: '#e6ce5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce5d;
$custom-light: #f1dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.489,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84994,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE5D

secondary

#384DAF

accent

#33D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE5D

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

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