#E6C252#E6C252

#E6C252 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.135 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C252
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, 0.53, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 59.38, 89.49°)
OKLab	oklab(82.46% -0.0029 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(82.46% 0.135 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(53.4506, 56.0187, 15.9784)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C252 #5276E6

analogous

#E67852 #E6C252 #C0E652

triadic

#E6C252 #52E6C2 #C252E6

tetradic

#E6C252 #52E678 #5276E6 #E652C0

square

#E6C252 #52E678 #5276E6 #E652C0

split-complementary

#E6C252 #52C0E6 #7852E6

monochromatic

#A68318 #DBAE20 #E6C252 #EED587 #F5E8BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#E6C252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C252

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C252	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.135 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d487',
    500: '#e6c252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c252;
$custom-light: #f1d487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.405,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82463,
    "c": 0.13522,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C252

secondary

#3451A8

accent

#3FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF3

border

#D7D4CD

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C252

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

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