#E6D156#E6D156

#E6D156 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.143 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D156
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 86)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.49, -6.92, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.49, 62.22, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(85.54% -0.0239 0.141)
OKLCH	oklch(85.54% 0.143 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(57.1157, 63.0983, 17.9730)
Luminance	0.6310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D156 #566BE6

analogous

#E68956 #E6D156 #B3E656

triadic

#E6D156 #56E6D1 #D156E6

tetradic

#E6D156 #56E689 #566BE6 #E656B3

square

#E6D156 #56E689 #566BE6 #E656B3

split-complementary

#E6D156 #56B3E6 #8956E6

monochromatic

#A99419 #DEC221 #E6D156 #EEE08B #F6EEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E6D156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D156

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D156	1.00	1.54	13.62	13.62
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.143 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de8b',
    500: '#e6d156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d156;
$custom-light: #f1de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.25,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85535,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D156

secondary

#3647AA

accent

#2CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D156

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

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