#E6C53D#E6C53D

#E6C53D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.571; OKLCH L 82.9% C 0.151 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C53D
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 77%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 73.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.23, -2.11, 68.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.23, 68.44, 91.76°)
OKLab	oklab(82.9% -0.0129 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(82.9% 0.151 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(53.4445, 57.0954, 12.6195)
Luminance	0.5709 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C53D #3D5EE6

analogous

#E6713D #E6C53D #B3E63D

triadic

#E6C53D #3DE6C5 #C53DE6

tetradic

#E6C53D #3DE671 #3D5EE6 #E63DB3

square

#E6C53D #3DE671 #3D5EE6 #E63DB3

split-complementary

#E6C53D #3DB3E6 #713DE6

monochromatic

#957C13 #CCA91A #E6C53D #EDD573 #F4E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.69

#E6C53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.42

#E6C53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C53D

12.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C53D	1.00	1.69	12.42	12.42
#FFFFFF	1.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.9% 0.151 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f2d67c',
    500: '#e6c53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c53d;
$custom-light: #f2d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.284,
    "s": 77.169,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82895,
    "c": 0.15129,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57092
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C53D

secondary

#2E4399

accent

#5AF434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18140A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C53D

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

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