#E6C55A#E6C55A

#E6C55A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.1% C 0.131 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C55A
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 90)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -0.51, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 56.75, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(83.15% -0.005 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(83.15% 0.131 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(54.4473, 57.4965, 17.9009)
Luminance	0.5749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C55A #5A7BE6

analogous

#E67F5A #E6C55A #C1E65A

triadic

#E6C55A #5AE6C5 #C55AE6

tetradic

#E6C55A #5AE67F #5A7BE6 #E65AC1

square

#E6C55A #5AE67F #5A7BE6 #E65AC1

split-complementary

#E6C55A #5AC1E6 #7F5AE6

monochromatic

#AC891A #DEB225 #E6C55A #EED88F #F6EAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C55A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#E6C55A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C55A

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C55A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C55A	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c55a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.1% 0.131 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d68c',
    500: '#e6c55a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c55a;
$custom-light: #f1d68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c55a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83145,
    "c": 0.13079,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.57494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C55A

secondary

#3753AD

accent

#3ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C55A

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

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