#E6C55D#E6C55D

#E6C55D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.128 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C55D
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 93)
HSL	hsl(46, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.49, -0.31, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.49, 55.41, 90.32°)
OKLab	oklab(83.18% -0.004 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(83.18% 0.128 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.5776, 57.5486, 18.5870)
Luminance	0.5755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C55D #5D7EE6

analogous

#E6805D #E6C55D #C3E65D

triadic

#E6C55D #5DE6C5 #C55DE6

tetradic

#E6C55D #5DE680 #5D7EE6 #E65DC3

square

#E6C55D #5DE680 #5D7EE6 #E65DC3

split-complementary

#E6C55D #5DC3E6 #805DE6

monochromatic

#AE8A1B #DEB228 #E6C55D #EED892 #F6EBC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C55D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.51

#E6C55D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C55D

12.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C55D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C55D	1.00	1.68	12.51	12.51
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C252

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c55d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.128 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d68e',
    500: '#e6c55d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c55d;
$custom-light: #f1d68e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c55d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.547,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83177,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.57546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C55D

secondary

#3855AF

accent

#40D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C55D

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

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