#E6C355#E6C355

#E6C355 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.134 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C355
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.90, 0.20, 58.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.90, 58.37, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(82.69% -0.0035 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(82.69% 0.134 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(53.7905, 56.5120, 16.6672)
Luminance	0.5651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C355 #5578E6

analogous

#E67B55 #E6C355 #C1E655

triadic

#E6C355 #55E6C3 #C355E6

tetradic

#E6C355 #55E67B #5578E6 #E655C1

square

#E6C355 #55E67B #5578E6 #E655C1

split-complementary

#E6C355 #55C1E6 #7B55E6

monochromatic

#A88519 #DDB021 #E6C355 #EED68A #F6E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.30

#E6C355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C355

12.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C355	1.00	1.71	12.30	12.30
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.134 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d489',
    500: '#e6c355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c355;
$custom-light: #f1d489;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82693,
    "c": 0.13352,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56509
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C355

secondary

#3652AA

accent

#3FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C355

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

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