#E6D257#E6D257

#E6D257 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.143 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D257
RGB	rgb(230, 210, 87)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.7%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.76, -7.37, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.76, 62.13, 96.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.025 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.143 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.4023, 63.6068, 18.2687)
Luminance	0.6360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D257 #576BE6

analogous

#E68A57 #E6D257 #B3E657

triadic

#E6D257 #57E6D2 #D257E6

tetradic

#E6D257 #57E68A #576BE6 #E657B3

square

#E6D257 #57E68A #576BE6 #E657B3

split-complementary

#E6D257 #57B3E6 #8A57E6

monochromatic

#A99519 #DEC422 #E6D257 #EEE08C #F6EFC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E6D257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.72

#E6D257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D257

13.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D257	1.00	1.53	13.72	13.72
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CC49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD45D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 210, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.143 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1df8b',
    500: '#e6d257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d257;
$custom-light: #f1df8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 210,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.608,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85749,
    "c": 0.14303,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.63604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D257

secondary

#3647AB

accent

#2BD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D257

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

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