#E6C456#E6C456

#E6C456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C456
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.17, -0.26, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.17, 58.21, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0047 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.133 92)
XYZ	xyz(54.0553, 56.9776, 16.9529)
Luminance	0.5697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C456 #5678E6

analogous

#E67C56 #E6C456 #C0E656

triadic

#E6C456 #56E6C4 #C456E6

tetradic

#E6C456 #56E67C #5678E6 #E656C0

square

#E6C456 #56E67C #5678E6 #E656C0

split-complementary

#E6C456 #56C0E6 #7C56E6

monochromatic

#A98719 #DEB121 #E6C456 #EED78B #F6E9C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E6C456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C456

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C456	1.00	1.69	12.40	12.40
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d58a',
    500: '#e6c456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c456;
$custom-light: #f1d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82903,
    "c": 0.13336,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.56975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C456

secondary

#3651AA

accent

#3ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C456

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

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