#E6CC59#E6CC59

#E6CC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.607; OKLCH L 84.5% C 0.137 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CC59
RGB	rgb(230, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.3%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.23, -4.18, 59.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.23, 59.31, 94.04°)
OKLab	oklab(84.55% -0.0157 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(84.55% 0.137 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.0316, 60.7326, 18.2204)
Luminance	0.6073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CC59 #5973E6

analogous

#E68559 #E6CC59 #BAE659

triadic

#E6CC59 #59E6CC #CC59E6

tetradic

#E6CC59 #59E685 #5973E6 #E659BA

square

#E6CC59 #59E685 #5973E6 #E659BA

split-complementary

#E6CC59 #59BAE6 #8559E6

monochromatic

#AB901A #DEBC24 #E6CC59 #EEDC8E #F6EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.60

#E6CC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.15

#E6CC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CC59

13.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CC59	1.00	1.60	13.15	13.15
#FFFFFF	1.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D05F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BEB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.5% 0.137 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8c',
    500: '#e6cc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cc59;
$custom-light: #f1db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84546,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.6073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CC59

secondary

#374DAC

accent

#34D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17140C

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CC59

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

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