#E6C556#E6C556

#E6C556 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.134 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C556
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 86)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.42, -0.77, 58.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.42, 58.49, 90.76°)
OKLab	oklab(83.1% -0.0062 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(83.1% 0.134 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.2816, 57.4303, 17.0283)
Luminance	0.5743 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C556 #5677E6

analogous

#E67D56 #E6C556 #BFE656

triadic

#E6C556 #56E6C5 #C556E6

tetradic

#E6C556 #56E67D #5677E6 #E656BF

square

#E6C556 #56E67D #5677E6 #E656BF

split-complementary

#E6C556 #56BFE6 #7D56E6

monochromatic

#A98819 #DEB321 #E6C556 #EED78B #F6EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#E6C556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C556

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C556	1.00	1.68	12.49	12.49
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.134 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d68a',
    500: '#e6c556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c556;
$custom-light: #f1d68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.25,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83104,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.57427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C556

secondary

#3651AA

accent

#3DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C556

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

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