#E6CC56#E6CC56

#E6CC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC56
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.21, -4.37, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.21, 60.60, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(84.52% -0.0166 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(84.52% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9081, 60.6833, 17.5705)
Luminance	0.6068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC56 #5670E6

analogous

#E68456 #E6CC56 #B8E656

triadic

#E6CC56 #56E6CC #CC56E6

tetradic

#E6CC56 #56E684 #5670E6 #E656B8

square

#E6CC56 #56E684 #5670E6 #E656B8

split-complementary

#E6CC56 #56B8E6 #8456E6

monochromatic

#A98F19 #DEBC21 #E6CC56 #EEDC8B #F6ECC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E6CC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC56

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC56	1.00	1.60	13.14	13.14
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC849

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8a',
    500: '#e6cc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc56;
$custom-light: #f1db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84517,
    "c": 0.13901,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC56

secondary

#364BAA

accent

#33D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC56

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

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