#E6C655#E6C655

#E6C655 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.135 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C655
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -1.35, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 59.21, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.008 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.135 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(54.4694, 57.8699, 16.8935)
Luminance	0.5787 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C655 #5575E6

analogous

#E67E55 #E6C655 #BDE655

triadic

#E6C655 #55E6C6 #C655E6

tetradic

#E6C655 #55E67E #5575E6 #E655BD

square

#E6C655 #55E67E #5575E6 #E655BD

split-complementary

#E6C655 #55BDE6 #7E55E6

monochromatic

#A88819 #DDB421 #E6C655 #EED88A #F6EAC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C655 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#E6C655 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C655

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C655	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C655	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)

#D9C348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c655;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.135 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d789',
    500: '#e6c655',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c655;
$custom-light: #f1d789;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c655",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83295,
    "c": 0.13548,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.57867
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C655

secondary

#364FAA

accent

#3BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C655

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

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