#E6C854#E6C854

#E6C854 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.138 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C854
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 63.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.17, -2.45, 60.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.17, 60.23, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(83.69% -0.0113 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(83.69% 0.138 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(54.8902, 58.7744, 16.8392)
Luminance	0.5877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C854 #5472E6

analogous

#E67F54 #E6C854 #BBE654

triadic

#E6C854 #54E6C8 #C854E6

tetradic

#E6C854 #54E67F #5472E6 #E654BB

square

#E6C854 #54E67F #5472E6 #E654BB

split-complementary

#E6C854 #54BBE6 #7F54E6

monochromatic

#A78A18 #DDB620 #E6C854 #EED989 #F6EABF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C854 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.75

#E6C854 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C854

12.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C854	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C854	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)

#DBC447

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c854;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.138 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d889',
    500: '#e6c854',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c854;
$custom-light: #f1d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c854",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 74.49,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83688,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.58772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C854

secondary

#354DA9

accent

#38D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C854

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

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