#E6C552#E6C552

#E6C552 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.137 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C552
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.39, -1.02, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.39, 60.21, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(83.07% -0.0074 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(83.07% 0.137 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(54.1250, 57.3676, 16.2032)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C552 #5273E6

analogous

#E67B52 #E6C552 #BDE652

triadic

#E6C552 #52E6C5 #C552E6

tetradic

#E6C552 #52E67B #5273E6 #E652BD

square

#E6C552 #52E67B #5273E6 #E652BD

split-complementary

#E6C552 #52BDE6 #7B52E6

monochromatic

#A68618 #DBB120 #E6C552 #EED787 #F5E9BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#E6C552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C552

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C552	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B6AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.137 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d687',
    500: '#e6c552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c552;
$custom-light: #f1d687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83065,
    "c": 0.13713,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C552

secondary

#344EA8

accent

#3BD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C552

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

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