#E6C859#E6C859

#E6C859 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.589; OKLCH L 83.7% C 0.134 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C859
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(47, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.21, -2.13, 58.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.21, 58.07, 92.10°)
OKLab	oklab(83.74% -0.0098 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(83.74% 0.134 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(55.0930, 58.8556, 17.9076)
Luminance	0.5885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C859 #5977E6

analogous

#E68159 #E6C859 #BEE659

triadic

#E6C859 #59E6C8 #C859E6

tetradic

#E6C859 #59E681 #5977E6 #E659BE

square

#E6C859 #59E681 #5977E6 #E659BE

split-complementary

#E6C859 #59BEE6 #8159E6

monochromatic

#AB8C1A #DEB624 #E6C859 #EEDA8E #F6EBC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.77

#E6C859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C859

12.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C859	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)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E3CE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BAB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.7% 0.134 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d88c',
    500: '#e6c859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c859;
$custom-light: #f1d88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83737,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.58853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C859

secondary

#3750AC

accent

#3AD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C859

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

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