#E6C55F#E6C55F

#E6C55F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.127 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C55F
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 95)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 58.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.51, -0.16, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.51, 54.51, 90.17°)
OKLab	oklab(83.2% -0.0034 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(83.2% 0.127 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(54.6674, 57.5845, 19.0597)
Luminance	0.5758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C55F #5F80E6

analogous

#E6815F #E6C55F #C3E65F

triadic

#E6C55F #5FE6C5 #C55FE6

tetradic

#E6C55F #5FE681 #5F80E6 #E65FC3

square

#E6C55F #5FE681 #5F80E6 #E65FC3

split-complementary

#E6C55F #5FC3E6 #815FE6

monochromatic

#AF8B1B #DEB22A #E6C55F #EED894 #F7EBC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C55F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E6C55F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C55F

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C55F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C55F	1.00	1.68	12.52	12.52
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c55f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.127 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d690',
    500: '#e6c55f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c55f;
$custom-light: #f1d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c55f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83199,
    "c": 0.12658,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C55F

secondary

#3956B0

accent

#41D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C55F

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

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