#E6C455#E6C455

#E6C455 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.134 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C455
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 85)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.16, -0.32, 58.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.16, 58.64, 90.31°)
OKLab	oklab(82.89% -0.005 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(82.89% 0.134 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.0153, 56.9616, 16.7421)
Luminance	0.5696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C455 #5577E6

analogous

#E67C55 #E6C455 #C0E655

triadic

#E6C455 #55E6C4 #C455E6

tetradic

#E6C455 #55E67C #5577E6 #E655C0

square

#E6C455 #55E67C #5577E6 #E655C0

split-complementary

#E6C455 #55C0E6 #7C55E6

monochromatic

#A88619 #DDB121 #E6C455 #EED78A #F6E9C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C455 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.39

#E6C455 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C455

12.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C455	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C455	1.00	1.69	12.39	12.39
#FFFFFF	1.69	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)

#D7C149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c455;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.134 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d589',
    500: '#e6c455',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c455;
$custom-light: #f1d589;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c455",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82893,
    "c": 0.13415,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C455

secondary

#3651AA

accent

#3ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C455

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

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