#E6CE57#E6CE57

#E6CE57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.140 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CE57
RGB	rgb(230, 206, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.4%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.73, -5.33, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.73, 60.81, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(84.93% -0.0192 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(84.93% 0.14 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.4271, 61.6563, 17.9436)
Luminance	0.6165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CE57 #576FE6

analogous

#E68757 #E6CE57 #B7E657

triadic

#E6CE57 #57E6CE #CE57E6

tetradic

#E6CE57 #57E687 #576FE6 #E657B7

square

#E6CE57 #57E687 #576FE6 #E657B7

split-complementary

#E6CE57 #57B7E6 #8757E6

monochromatic

#A99119 #DEBE22 #E6CE57 #EEDE8C #F6EDC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CE57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.33

#E6CE57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CE57

13.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CE57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CE57	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)

#E1C949

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C0B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6ce57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 206, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.140 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8b',
    500: '#e6ce57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6ce57;
$custom-light: #f1dc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6ce57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.93,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84933,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CE57

secondary

#364AAB

accent

#31D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CE57

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

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