#E6C457#E6C457

#E6C457 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.133 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C457
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.18, -0.19, 57.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.18, 57.78, 90.19°)
OKLab	oklab(82.91% -0.0044 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.91% 0.133 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.0959, 56.9939, 17.1665)
Luminance	0.5699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C457 #5779E6

analogous

#E67C57 #E6C457 #C1E657

triadic

#E6C457 #57E6C4 #C457E6

tetradic

#E6C457 #57E67C #5779E6 #E657C1

square

#E6C457 #57E67C #5779E6 #E657C1

split-complementary

#E6C457 #57C1E6 #7C57E6

monochromatic

#A98719 #DEB122 #E6C457 #EED78C #F6E9C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E6C457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C457

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C457	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)

#D7C14B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.133 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d58a',
    500: '#e6c457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c457;
$custom-light: #f1d58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82913,
    "c": 0.13256,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C457

secondary

#3652AB

accent

#3FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C457

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

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