#E6CD57#E6CD57

#E6CD57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD57
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.47, -4.82, 60.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.47, 60.49, 94.57°)
OKLab	oklab(84.73% -0.0177 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(84.73% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.1872, 61.1764, 17.8636)
Luminance	0.6117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD57 #5770E6

analogous

#E68557 #E6CD57 #B8E657

triadic

#E6CD57 #57E6CD #CD57E6

tetradic

#E6CD57 #57E685 #5770E6 #E657B8

square

#E6CD57 #57E685 #5770E6 #E657B8

split-complementary

#E6CD57 #57B8E6 #8557E6

monochromatic

#A99019 #DEBD22 #E6CD57 #EEDD8C #F6EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.23

#E6CD57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD57

13.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD57	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)

#E0C84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8b',
    500: '#e6cd57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd57;
$custom-light: #f1db8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84729,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.61174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD57

secondary

#364BAB

accent

#32D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD57

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

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