#E6CD56#E6CD56

#E6CD56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.140 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD56
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.46, -4.88, 60.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.46, 60.91, 94.60°)
OKLab	oklab(84.72% -0.018 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(84.72% 0.14 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(56.1466, 61.1601, 17.6499)
Luminance	0.6116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD56 #566FE6

analogous

#E68556 #E6CD56 #B7E656

triadic

#E6CD56 #56E6CD #CD56E6

tetradic

#E6CD56 #56E685 #566FE6 #E656B7

square

#E6CD56 #56E685 #566FE6 #E656B7

split-complementary

#E6CD56 #56B7E6 #8556E6

monochromatic

#A99019 #DEBD21 #E6CD56 #EEDD8B #F6EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E6CD56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD56

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD56	1.00	1.59	13.23	13.23
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.140 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8a',
    500: '#e6cd56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd56;
$custom-light: #f1db8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8472,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD56

secondary

#364AAA

accent

#32D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD56

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

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