#E6C458#E6C458

#E6C458 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.132 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C458
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -0.13, 57.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 57.34, 90.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.92% -0.0041 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(82.92% 0.132 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.1370, 57.0103, 17.3832)
Luminance	0.5701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C458 #587AE6

analogous

#E67D58 #E6C458 #C1E658

triadic

#E6C458 #58E6C4 #C458E6

tetradic

#E6C458 #58E67D #587AE6 #E658C1

square

#E6C458 #58E67D #587AE6 #E658C1

split-complementary

#E6C458 #58C1E6 #7D58E6

monochromatic

#AA8719 #DEB123 #E6C458 #EED78D #F6EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C458 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E6C458 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C458

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C458	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C458	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)

#D7C14C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c458;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.132 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d58b',
    500: '#e6c458',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c458;
$custom-light: #f1d58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c458",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82923,
    "c": 0.13176,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C458

secondary

#3753AC

accent

#3FD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C458

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

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