#E6C858#E6C858

#E6C858 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.588; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.134 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C858
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 88)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 61.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.20, -2.19, 58.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.20, 58.50, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(83.73% -0.0101 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(83.73% 0.134 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.0513, 58.8389, 17.6879)
Luminance	0.5884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C858 #5876E6

analogous

#E68158 #E6C858 #BDE658

triadic

#E6C858 #58E6C8 #C858E6

tetradic

#E6C858 #58E681 #5876E6 #E658BD

square

#E6C858 #58E681 #5876E6 #E658BD

split-complementary

#E6C858 #58BDE6 #8158E6

monochromatic

#AA8C19 #DEB623 #E6C858 #EEDA8D #F6EBC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E6C858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C858

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C858	1.00	1.64	12.77	12.77
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.134 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d88b',
    500: '#e6c858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c858;
$custom-light: #f1d88b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.324,
    "s": 73.958,
    "l": 62.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83727,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.58836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C858

secondary

#374FAC

accent

#39D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C858

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

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