#E6C253#E6C253

#E6C253 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.134 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C253
RGB	rgb(230, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(45, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.7%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, 0.59, 58.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 58.95, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(82.47% -0.0026 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(82.47% 0.134 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(53.4889, 56.0341, 16.1802)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C253 #5377E6

analogous

#E67953 #E6C253 #C1E653

triadic

#E6C253 #53E6C2 #C253E6

tetradic

#E6C253 #53E679 #5377E6 #E653C1

square

#E6C253 #53E679 #5377E6 #E653C1

split-complementary

#E6C253 #53C1E6 #7953E6

monochromatic

#A68418 #DCAE20 #E6C253 #EED588 #F6E8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#E6C253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#E6C253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C253

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C253	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B3AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.134 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d488',
    500: '#e6c253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c253;
$custom-light: #f1d488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.306,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82473,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C253

secondary

#3551A8

accent

#40D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C253

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

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