#E6C558#E6C558

#E6C558 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.132 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C558
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 88)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(46, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 61.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.44, -0.64, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.44, 57.62, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(83.12% -0.0056 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(83.12% 0.132 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.3633, 57.4629, 17.4586)
Luminance	0.5746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C558 #5879E6

analogous

#E67E58 #E6C558 #C0E658

triadic

#E6C558 #58E6C5 #C558E6

tetradic

#E6C558 #58E67E #5879E6 #E658C0

square

#E6C558 #58E67E #5879E6 #E658C0

split-complementary

#E6C558 #58C0E6 #7E58E6

monochromatic

#AA8919 #DEB323 #E6C558 #EED78D #F6EAC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C558 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.49

#E6C558 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C558

12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C558	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C558	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)

#D8C24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c558;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.132 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d68b',
    500: '#e6c558',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c558;
$custom-light: #f1d68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c558",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.056,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83124,
    "c": 0.13242,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.5746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C558

secondary

#3752AC

accent

#3ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C558

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

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