#E6C459#E6C459

#E6C459 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.570; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.131 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C459
RGB	rgb(230, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.8%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.19, -0.06, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.19, 56.90, 90.06°)
OKLab	oklab(82.93% -0.0038 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(82.93% 0.131 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.1787, 57.0270, 17.6028)
Luminance	0.5702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C459 #597BE6

analogous

#E67E59 #E6C459 #C1E659

triadic

#E6C459 #59E6C4 #C459E6

tetradic

#E6C459 #59E67E #597BE6 #E659C1

square

#E6C459 #59E67E #597BE6 #E659C1

split-complementary

#E6C459 #59C1E6 #7E59E6

monochromatic

#AB881A #DEB124 #E6C459 #EED78E #F6EAC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.40

#E6C459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C459

12.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C459	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)

#D7C14E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.131 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d58c',
    500: '#e6c459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c459;
$custom-light: #f1d58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82934,
    "c": 0.13096,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C459

secondary

#3753AC

accent

#3FD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C459

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

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