#E6C759#E6C759

#E6C759 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.584; OKLCH L 83.5% C 0.133 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C759
RGB	rgb(230, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.5%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.96, -1.61, 57.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.96, 57.77, 91.60°)
OKLab	oklab(83.54% -0.0083 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(83.54% 0.133 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.8622, 58.3939, 17.8307)
Luminance	0.5839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C759 #5978E6

analogous

#E68159 #E6C759 #BEE659

triadic

#E6C759 #59E6C7 #C759E6

tetradic

#E6C759 #59E681 #5978E6 #E659BE

square

#E6C759 #59E681 #5978E6 #E659BE

split-complementary

#E6C759 #59BEE6 #8159E6

monochromatic

#AB8B1A #DEB524 #E6C759 #EED98E #F6EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#E6C759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.68

#E6C759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C759

12.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C759	1.00	1.66	12.68	12.68
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.5% 0.133 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d78c',
    500: '#e6c759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c759;
$custom-light: #f1d78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83536,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C759

secondary

#3751AC

accent

#3BD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C759

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

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