#E6C855#E6C855

#E6C855 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.137 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C855
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 85)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 63%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.18, -2.38, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.18, 59.80, 92.28°)
OKLab	oklab(83.7% -0.011 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(83.7% 0.137 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(54.9296, 58.7902, 17.0469)
Luminance	0.5879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C855 #5573E6

analogous

#E68055 #E6C855 #BCE655

triadic

#E6C855 #55E6C8 #C855E6

tetradic

#E6C855 #55E680 #5573E6 #E655BC

square

#E6C855 #55E680 #5573E6 #E655BC

split-complementary

#E6C855 #55BCE6 #8055E6

monochromatic

#A88A19 #DDB621 #E6C855 #EED98A #F6EBC0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.65

#E6C855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.76

#E6C855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C855

12.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C855	1.00	1.65	12.76	12.76
#FFFFFF	1.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BAAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.137 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d889',
    500: '#e6c855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c855;
$custom-light: #f1d889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 74.359,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83697,
    "c": 0.13686,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.58787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C855

secondary

#364EAA

accent

#38D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C855

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

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