#E6C756#E6C756

#E6C756 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.135 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C756
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.93, -1.81, 59.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.93, 59.07, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(83.51% -0.0092 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(83.51% 0.135 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.7388, 58.3445, 17.1807)
Luminance	0.5834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C756 #5675E6

analogous

#E67F56 #E6C756 #BDE656

triadic

#E6C756 #56E6C7 #C756E6

tetradic

#E6C756 #56E67F #5675E6 #E656BD

square

#E6C756 #56E67F #5675E6 #E656BD

split-complementary

#E6C756 #56BDE6 #7F56E6

monochromatic

#A98A19 #DEB521 #E6C756 #EED98B #F6EAC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E6C756 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E6C756 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C756

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C756	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C756	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC449

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c756;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d78a',
    500: '#e6c756',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c756;
$custom-light: #f1d78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c756",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.083,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83506,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C756

secondary

#364FAA

accent

#3AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C756

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

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