#E6C357#E6C357

#E6C357 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.565; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.132 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C357
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.92, 0.33, 57.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.92, 57.50, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(82.71% -0.0029 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(82.71% 0.132 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(53.8711, 56.5442, 17.0916)
Luminance	0.5654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C357 #577AE6

analogous

#E67C57 #E6C357 #C1E657

triadic

#E6C357 #57E6C3 #C357E6

tetradic

#E6C357 #57E67C #577AE6 #E657C1

square

#E6C357 #57E67C #577AE6 #E657C1

split-complementary

#E6C357 #57C1E6 #7C57E6

monochromatic

#A98619 #DEB022 #E6C357 #EED68C #F6E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E6C357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C357

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C357	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)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.132 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d48a',
    500: '#e6c357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c357;
$custom-light: #f1d48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82713,
    "c": 0.13193,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C357

secondary

#3653AB

accent

#40D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C357

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

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