#E6C852#E6C852

#E6C852 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.587; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.139 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C852
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.15, -2.57, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.15, 61.07, 92.41°)
OKLab	oklab(83.67% -0.0119 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(83.67% 0.139 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(54.8129, 58.7435, 16.4325)
Luminance	0.5874 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C852 #5270E6

analogous

#E67E52 #E6C852 #BAE652

triadic

#E6C852 #52E6C8 #C852E6

tetradic

#E6C852 #52E67E #5270E6 #E652BA

square

#E6C852 #52E67E #5270E6 #E652BA

split-complementary

#E6C852 #52BAE6 #7E52E6

monochromatic

#A68918 #DBB520 #E6C852 #EED987 #F5EABD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E6C852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C852

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C852	1.00	1.65	12.75	12.75
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC444

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7B9AF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.139 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d888',
    500: '#e6c852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c852;
$custom-light: #f1d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83669,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.58741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C852

secondary

#344CA8

accent

#37D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C852

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

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