#E6CE6A#E6CE6A

#E6CE6A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.620; OKLCH L 85.1% C 0.123 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE6A
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 106)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 54%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 53.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.92, -3.97, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.92, 52.31, 94.35°)
OKLab	oklab(85.14% -0.0131 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(85.14% 0.123 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.3080, 62.0087, 22.5831)
Luminance	0.6201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE6A #6A82E6

analogous

#E6906A #E6CE6A #C0E66A

triadic

#E6CE6A #6AE6CE #CE6AE6

tetradic

#E6CE6A #6AE690 #6A82E6 #E66AC0

square

#E6CE6A #6AE690 #6A82E6 #E66AC0

split-complementary

#E6CE6A #6AC0E6 #906AE6

monochromatic

#B7991F #DDBD36 #E6CE6A #EFDF9E #F8F0D3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E6CE6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.40

#E6CE6A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE6A

13.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE6A	1.00	1.57	13.40	13.40
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFCA61

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D26E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C1B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.1% 0.123 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc97',
    500: '#e6ce6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce6a;
$custom-light: #f0dc97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 71.264,
    "l": 65.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85142,
    "c": 0.12334,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE6A

secondary

#3D55B7

accent

#38D312

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE6A

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

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