#E6C359#E6C359

#E6C359 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.566; OKLCH L 82.7% C 0.130 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C359
RGB	rgb(230, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.2%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.94, 0.46, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.94, 56.62, 89.54°)
OKLab	oklab(82.73% -0.0023 0.1303)
OKLCH	oklch(82.73% 0.13 91)
XYZ	xyz(53.9539, 56.5774, 17.5279)
Luminance	0.5657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C359 #597CE6

analogous

#E67C59 #E6C359 #C3E659

triadic

#E6C359 #59E6C3 #C359E6

tetradic

#E6C359 #59E67C #597CE6 #E659C3

square

#E6C359 #59E67C #597CE6 #E659C3

split-complementary

#E6C359 #59C3E6 #7C59E6

monochromatic

#AB871A #DEB024 #E6C359 #EED68E #F6E9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#E6C359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.31

#E6C359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C359

12.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C359	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)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCA5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.7% 0.130 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d48c',
    500: '#e6c359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c359;
$custom-light: #f1d48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82734,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.56574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C359

secondary

#3754AC

accent

#41D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C359

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

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