#E6C656#E6C656

#E6C656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.135 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C656
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.68, -1.29, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.68, 58.78, 91.26°)
OKLab	oklab(83.3% -0.0077 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(83.3% 0.135 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(54.5095, 57.8859, 17.1042)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C656 #5676E6

analogous

#E67E56 #E6C656 #BEE656

triadic

#E6C656 #56E6C6 #C656E6

tetradic

#E6C656 #56E67E #5676E6 #E656BE

square

#E6C656 #56E67E #5676E6 #E656BE

split-complementary

#E6C656 #56BEE6 #7E56E6

monochromatic

#A98919 #DEB421 #E6C656 #EED88B #F6EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#E6C656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C656

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C656	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.135 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d78a',
    500: '#e6c656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c656;
$custom-light: #f1d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83304,
    "c": 0.13469,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.57883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C656

secondary

#3650AA

accent

#3BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C656

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

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