#E6CC57#E6CC57

#E6CC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.138 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC57
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 87)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.22, -4.31, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.22, 60.17, 94.11°)
OKLab	oklab(84.53% -0.0163 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(84.53% 0.138 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(55.9487, 60.6995, 17.7841)
Luminance	0.6070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC57 #5771E6

analogous

#E68557 #E6CC57 #B8E657

triadic

#E6CC57 #57E6CC #CC57E6

tetradic

#E6CC57 #57E685 #5771E6 #E657B8

square

#E6CC57 #57E685 #5771E6 #E657B8

split-complementary

#E6CC57 #57B8E6 #8557E6

monochromatic

#A98F19 #DEBC22 #E6CC57 #EEDC8C #F6ECC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.14

#E6CC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC57

13.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC57	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)

#DFC84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CCCCCC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.138 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8b',
    500: '#e6cc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc57;
$custom-light: #f1db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84526,
    "c": 0.13822,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.60697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC57

secondary

#364BAB

accent

#33D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC57

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

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