#E6CE60#E6CE60

#E6CE60 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.132 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE60
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.81, -4.72, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.81, 56.87, 94.76°)
OKLab	oklab(85.03% -0.0164 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(85.03% 0.132 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8180, 61.8127, 20.0023)
Luminance	0.6181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE60 #6078E6

analogous

#E68B60 #E6CE60 #BBE660

triadic

#E6CE60 #60E6CE #CE60E6

tetradic

#E6CE60 #60E68B #6078E6 #E660BB

square

#E6CE60 #60E68B #6078E6 #E660BB

split-complementary

#E6CE60 #60BBE6 #8B60E6

monochromatic

#B0951C #DEBE2B #E6CE60 #EEDE95 #F7EFCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E6CE60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.36

#E6CE60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE60

13.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE60	1.00	1.57	13.36	13.36
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.132 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc91',
    500: '#e6ce60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce60;
$custom-light: #f1dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.254,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85026,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE60

secondary

#394FB1

accent

#34D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE60

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

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