#E6C653#E6C653

#E6C653 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.137 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C653
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -1.48, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 60.07, 91.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.28% -0.0086 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(83.28% 0.137 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.3911, 57.8385, 16.4810)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C653 #5373E6

analogous

#E67D53 #E6C653 #BDE653

triadic

#E6C653 #53E6C6 #C653E6

tetradic

#E6C653 #53E67D #5373E6 #E653BD

square

#E6C653 #53E67D #5373E6 #E653BD

split-complementary

#E6C653 #53BDE6 #7D53E6

monochromatic

#A68718 #DCB320 #E6C653 #EED888 #F6E9BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E6C653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C653

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C653	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C346

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F8B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.137 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d788',
    500: '#e6c653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c653;
$custom-light: #f1d788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83275,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.57836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C653

secondary

#354EA8

accent

#3AD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C653

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

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