#E6CE56#E6CE56

#E6CE56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.141 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE56
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.72, -5.40, 61.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.72, 61.23, 95.06°)
OKLab	oklab(84.92% -0.0195 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(84.92% 0.141 98)
XYZ	xyz(56.3866, 61.6401, 17.7299)
Luminance	0.6164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE56 #566EE6

analogous

#E68656 #E6CE56 #B6E656

triadic

#E6CE56 #56E6CE #CE56E6

tetradic

#E6CE56 #56E686 #566EE6 #E656B6

square

#E6CE56 #56E686 #566EE6 #E656B6

split-complementary

#E6CE56 #56B6E6 #8656E6

monochromatic

#A99119 #DEBE21 #E6CE56 #EEDD8B #F6EDC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CE56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E6CE56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE56

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE56	1.00	1.58	13.33	13.33
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1C948

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.141 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8a',
    500: '#e6ce56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce56;
$custom-light: #f1dc8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84923,
    "c": 0.14057,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.61637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE56

secondary

#3649AA

accent

#30D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE56

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

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