#E6CE53#E6CE53

#E6CE53 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.143 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE53
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 63.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -5.58, 62.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 62.50, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(84.9% -0.0204 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(84.9% 0.143 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(56.2682, 61.5927, 17.1067)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE53 #536BE6

analogous

#E68553 #E6CE53 #B5E653

triadic

#E6CE53 #53E6CE #CE53E6

tetradic

#E6CE53 #53E685 #536BE6 #E653B5

square

#E6CE53 #53E685 #536BE6 #E653B5

split-complementary

#E6CE53 #53B5E6 #8553E6

monochromatic

#A68F18 #DCBD20 #E6CE53 #EEDD88 #F6ECBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CE53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E6CE53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE53

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE53	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C944

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.143 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc89',
    500: '#e6ce53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce53;
$custom-light: #f1dc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 74.619,
    "l": 61.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84895,
    "c": 0.14289,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE53

secondary

#3548A8

accent

#2FD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE53

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

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