#E6C757#E6C757

#E6C757 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.135 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C757
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.94, -1.74, 58.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.94, 58.64, 91.70°)
OKLab	oklab(83.52% -0.0089 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(83.52% 0.135 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.7794, 58.3608, 17.3943)
Luminance	0.5836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C757 #5776E6

analogous

#E68057 #E6C757 #BEE657

triadic

#E6C757 #57E6C7 #C757E6

tetradic

#E6C757 #57E680 #5776E6 #E657BE

square

#E6C757 #57E680 #5776E6 #E657BE

split-complementary

#E6C757 #57BEE6 #8057E6

monochromatic

#A98A19 #DEB522 #E6C757 #EED98C #F6EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E6C757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#E6C757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C757

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C757	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)

#DAC44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.135 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d78b',
    500: '#e6c757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c757;
$custom-light: #f1d78b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.993,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83516,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C757

secondary

#3650AB

accent

#3AD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C757

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

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