#E6D056#E6D056

#E6D056 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.626; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.142 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D056
RGB	rgb(230, 208, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.24, -6.41, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.24, 61.89, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(85.33% -0.0224 0.1404)
OKLCH	oklch(85.33% 0.142 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8711, 62.6092, 17.8914)
Luminance	0.6261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D056 #566CE6

analogous

#E68856 #E6D056 #B4E656

triadic

#E6D056 #56E6D0 #D056E6

tetradic

#E6D056 #56E688 #566CE6 #E656B4

square

#E6D056 #56E688 #566CE6 #E656B4

split-complementary

#E6D056 #56B4E6 #8856E6

monochromatic

#A99319 #DEC121 #E6D056 #EEDF8B #F6EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.55

#E6D056 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.52

#E6D056 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D056

13.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D056	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D056	1.00	1.55	13.52	13.52
#FFFFFF	1.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C2B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d056;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.142 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de8b',
    500: '#e6d056',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d056;
$custom-light: #f1de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d056",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85331,
    "c": 0.14217,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D056

secondary

#3648AA

accent

#2ED60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D056

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

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