#E6C152#E6C152

#E6C152 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 82.3% C 0.135 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C152
RGB	rgb(230, 193, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, 1.05, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 59.11, 88.98°)
OKLab	oklab(82.26% -0.0014 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(82.26% 0.135 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(53.2287, 55.5751, 15.9044)
Luminance	0.5557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C152 #5277E6

analogous

#E67752 #E6C152 #C1E652

triadic

#E6C152 #52E6C1 #C152E6

tetradic

#E6C152 #52E677 #5277E6 #E652C1

square

#E6C152 #52E677 #5277E6 #E652C1

split-complementary

#E6C152 #52C1E6 #7752E6

monochromatic

#A68218 #DBAC20 #E6C152 #EED487 #F5E7BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#E6C152 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#E6C152 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C152

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C152	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C152	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B2A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c152;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 193, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.3% 0.135 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d387',
    500: '#e6c152',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c152;
$custom-light: #f1d387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c152",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82264,
    "c": 0.13462,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C152

secondary

#3451A8

accent

#41D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C152

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

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