#E6CD59#E6CD59

#E6CD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.612; OKLCH L 84.7% C 0.137 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD59
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 61.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.49, -4.69, 59.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.49, 59.63, 94.51°)
OKLab	oklab(84.75% -0.0171 0.1363)
OKLCH	oklch(84.75% 0.137 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2700, 61.2095, 18.2999)
Luminance	0.6121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD59 #5972E6

analogous

#E68759 #E6CD59 #B8E659

triadic

#E6CD59 #59E6CD #CD59E6

tetradic

#E6CD59 #59E687 #5972E6 #E659B8

square

#E6CD59 #59E687 #5972E6 #E659B8

split-complementary

#E6CD59 #59B8E6 #8759E6

monochromatic

#AB911A #DEBD24 #E6CD59 #EEDD8E #F6EDC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.59

#E6CD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.24

#E6CD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD59

13.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD59	1.00	1.59	13.24	13.24
#FFFFFF	1.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0C84C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.7% 0.137 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1db8c',
    500: '#e6cd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd59;
$custom-light: #f1db8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 73.822,
    "l": 62.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84749,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.61207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD59

secondary

#374CAC

accent

#33D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD59

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

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