#E6C956#E6C956

#E6C956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.593; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.137 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C956
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.44, -2.84, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.44, 59.67, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(83.91% -0.0122 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(83.91% 0.137 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(55.2020, 59.2709, 17.3351)
Luminance	0.5927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C956 #5673E6

analogous

#E68156 #E6C956 #BBE656

triadic

#E6C956 #56E6C9 #C956E6

tetradic

#E6C956 #56E681 #5673E6 #E656BB

square

#E6C956 #56E681 #5673E6 #E656BB

split-complementary

#E6C956 #56BBE6 #8156E6

monochromatic

#A98C19 #DEB821 #E6C956 #EEDA8B #F6EBC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E6C956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E6C956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C956

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C956	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)

#DCC549

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4CE5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BBB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.137 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d98a',
    500: '#e6c956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c956;
$custom-light: #f1d98a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83909,
    "c": 0.13679,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.59268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C956

secondary

#364DAA

accent

#37D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C956

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

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