#E6CE61#E6CE61

#E6CE61 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.618; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.131 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE61
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.82, -4.65, 56.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.82, 56.42, 94.73°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0161 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.131 97)
XYZ	xyz(56.8643, 61.8312, 20.2463)
Luminance	0.6183 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE61 #6179E6

analogous

#E68C61 #E6CE61 #BCE661

triadic

#E6CE61 #61E6CE #CE61E6

tetradic

#E6CE61 #61E68C #6179E6 #E661BC

square

#E6CE61 #61E68C #6179E6 #E661BC

split-complementary

#E6CE61 #61BCE6 #8C61E6

monochromatic

#B1961C #DEBE2C #E6CE61 #EEDE96 #F7EFCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E6CE61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.37

#E6CE61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE61

13.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE61	1.00	1.57	13.37	13.37
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CA56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D266

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.131 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc91',
    500: '#e6ce61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce61;
$custom-light: #f1dc91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85037,
    "c": 0.13145,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.61829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE61

secondary

#3A4FB1

accent

#34D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE61

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

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