#E6C356#E6C356

#E6C356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.133 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C356
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 86)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.91, 0.26, 57.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.91, 57.93, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(82.7% -0.0032 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(82.7% 0.133 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.8305, 56.5280, 16.8779)
Luminance	0.5653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C356 #5679E6

analogous

#E67B56 #E6C356 #C1E656

triadic

#E6C356 #56E6C3 #C356E6

tetradic

#E6C356 #56E67B #5679E6 #E656C1

square

#E6C356 #56E67B #5679E6 #E656C1

split-complementary

#E6C356 #56C1E6 #7B56E6

monochromatic

#A98619 #DEB021 #E6C356 #EED68B #F6E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E6C356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C356

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C356	1.00	1.71	12.31	12.31
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.133 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d48a',
    500: '#e6c356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c356;
$custom-light: #f1d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82703,
    "c": 0.13273,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C356

secondary

#3652AA

accent

#40D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C356

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

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