#E6C954#E6C954

#E6C954 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.138 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C954
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 84)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 63.5%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -2.96, 60.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 60.52, 92.80°)
OKLab	oklab(83.89% -0.0128 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(83.89% 0.138 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(55.1225, 59.2391, 16.9166)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C954 #5471E6

analogous

#E68054 #E6C954 #BAE654

triadic

#E6C954 #54E6C9 #C954E6

tetradic

#E6C954 #54E680 #5471E6 #E654BA

square

#E6C954 #54E680 #5471E6 #E654BA

split-complementary

#E6C954 #54BAE6 #8054E6

monochromatic

#A78B18 #DDB720 #E6C954 #EEDA89 #F6EBBF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E6C954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E6C954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C954

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C954	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.138 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d989',
    500: '#e6c954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c954;
$custom-light: #f1d989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 74.49,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8389,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.59236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C954

secondary

#354CA9

accent

#37D70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C954

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

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