#E6C853#E6C853

#E6C853 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.138 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C853
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.16, -2.51, 60.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.16, 60.65, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(83.68% -0.0116 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(83.68% 0.138 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(54.8513, 58.7589, 16.6344)
Luminance	0.5876 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C853 #5371E6

analogous

#E67F53 #E6C853 #BBE653

triadic

#E6C853 #53E6C8 #C853E6

tetradic

#E6C853 #53E67F #5371E6 #E653BB

square

#E6C853 #53E67F #5371E6 #E653BB

split-complementary

#E6C853 #53BBE6 #7F53E6

monochromatic

#A68918 #DCB620 #E6C853 #EED988 #F6EABE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E6C853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C853

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C853	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)

#DBC445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.138 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d888',
    500: '#e6c853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c853;
$custom-light: #f1d888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.755,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83678,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.58756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C853

secondary

#354CA8

accent

#38D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C853

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

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