#E6C453#E6C453

#E6C453 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.136 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C453
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(46, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.14, -0.44, 59.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.14, 59.50, 90.43°)
OKLab	oklab(82.87% -0.0056 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(82.87% 0.136 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(53.9370, 56.9303, 16.3296)
Luminance	0.5693 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C453 #5375E6

analogous

#E67B53 #E6C453 #BFE653

triadic

#E6C453 #53E6C4 #C453E6

tetradic

#E6C453 #53E67B #5375E6 #E653BF

square

#E6C453 #53E67B #5375E6 #E653BF

split-complementary

#E6C453 #53BFE6 #7B53E6

monochromatic

#A68618 #DCB020 #E6C453 #EED688 #F6E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#E6C453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E6C453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C453

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C453	1.00	1.70	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.136 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d588',
    500: '#e6c453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c453;
$custom-light: #f1d588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82873,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C453

secondary

#3550A8

accent

#3DD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C453

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

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