#E6C554#E6C554

#E6C554 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.136 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C554
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 84)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 63.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.40, -0.90, 59.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.40, 59.36, 90.87°)
OKLab	oklab(83.08% -0.0068 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(83.08% 0.136 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.2022, 57.3985, 16.6098)
Luminance	0.5740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C554 #5475E6

analogous

#E67C54 #E6C554 #BEE654

triadic

#E6C554 #54E6C5 #C554E6

tetradic

#E6C554 #54E67C #5475E6 #E654BE

square

#E6C554 #54E67C #5475E6 #E654BE

split-complementary

#E6C554 #54BEE6 #7C54E6

monochromatic

#A78718 #DDB220 #E6C554 #EED789 #F6E9BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C554 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.48

#E6C554 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C554

12.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C554	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C554	1.00	1.68	12.48	12.48
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C247

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c554;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.136 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d689',
    500: '#e6c554',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c554;
$custom-light: #f1d689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c554",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 74.49,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83084,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C554

secondary

#354FA9

accent

#3CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C554

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

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