#E6C659#E6C659

#E6C659 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 83.3% C 0.132 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C659
RGB	rgb(230, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(46, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.9%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -1.09, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 57.48, 91.09°)
OKLab	oklab(83.34% -0.0068 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(83.34% 0.132 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.6329, 57.9352, 17.7542)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C659 #5979E6

analogous

#E67F59 #E6C659 #BFE659

triadic

#E6C659 #59E6C6 #C659E6

tetradic

#E6C659 #59E67F #5979E6 #E659BF

square

#E6C659 #59E67F #5979E6 #E659BF

split-complementary

#E6C659 #59BFE6 #7F59E6

monochromatic

#AB8A1A #DEB424 #E6C659 #EED88E #F6EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#E6C659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#E6C659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C659

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C659	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C34D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CC5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B8AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.3% 0.132 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d78c',
    500: '#e6c659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c659;
$custom-light: #f1d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83335,
    "c": 0.13227,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.57932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C659

secondary

#3752AC

accent

#3DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C659

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

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