#E6D157#E6D157

#E6D157 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.631; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.142 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D157
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 87)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.50, -6.86, 61.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.50, 61.79, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(85.55% -0.0236 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(85.55% 0.142 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(57.1562, 63.1145, 18.1866)
Luminance	0.6311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D157 #576CE6

analogous

#E68A57 #E6D157 #B3E657

triadic

#E6D157 #57E6D1 #D157E6

tetradic

#E6D157 #57E68A #576CE6 #E657B3

square

#E6D157 #57E68A #576CE6 #E657B3

split-complementary

#E6D157 #57B3E6 #8A57E6

monochromatic

#A99419 #DEC222 #E6D157 #EEE08C #F6EEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.62

#E6D157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D157

13.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D157	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)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.142 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de8b',
    500: '#e6d157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d157;
$custom-light: #f1de8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85545,
    "c": 0.1422,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D157

secondary

#3647AB

accent

#2CD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D157

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

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