#E6C561#E6C561

#E6C561 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.576; OKLCH L 83.2% C 0.125 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C561
RGB	rgb(230, 197, 97)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(45, 58%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.3%, 57.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.53, -0.02, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.53, 53.61, 90.02°)
OKLab	oklab(83.22% -0.0027 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(83.22% 0.125 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.7594, 57.6214, 19.5446)
Luminance	0.5762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C561 #6182E6

analogous

#E68361 #E6C561 #C5E661

triadic

#E6C561 #61E6C5 #C561E6

tetradic

#E6C561 #61E683 #6182E6 #E661C5

square

#E6C561 #61E683 #6182E6 #E661C5

split-complementary

#E6C561 #61C5E6 #8361E6

monochromatic

#B18C1C #DEB22C #E6C561 #EED896 #F7ECCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#E6C561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.52

#E6C561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C561

12.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C561	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)

#D8C257

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CC65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B7AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 197, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.2% 0.125 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d691',
    500: '#e6c561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c561;
$custom-light: #f1d691;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 64.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83222,
    "c": 0.12485,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C561

secondary

#3A57B1

accent

#41D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C561

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

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