#E6C560#E6C560

#E6C560 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.126 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C560
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 96)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 58.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.52, -0.09, 54.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.52, 54.06, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.21% -0.0031 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(83.21% 0.126 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.7131, 57.6028, 19.3006)
Luminance	0.5760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C560 #6081E6

analogous

#E68260 #E6C560 #C4E660

triadic

#E6C560 #60E6C5 #C560E6

tetradic

#E6C560 #60E682 #6081E6 #E660C4

square

#E6C560 #60E682 #6081E6 #E660C4

split-complementary

#E6C560 #60C4E6 #8260E6

monochromatic

#B08B1C #DEB22B #E6C560 #EED895 #F7ECCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C560 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E6C560 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C560

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C560	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C560	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)

#D8C256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c560;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.126 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d690',
    500: '#e6c560',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c560;
$custom-light: #f1d690;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c560",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.224,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83211,
    "c": 0.12572,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C560

secondary

#3957B1

accent

#41D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C560

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

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