#E6D356#E6D356

#E6D356 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.641; OKLCH L 85.9% C 0.145 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D356
RGB	rgb(230, 211, 86)
HSL	hsl(52, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(52, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.01, -7.94, 62.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.01, 62.89, 97.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.95% -0.0268 0.1422)
OKLCH	oklch(85.95% 0.145 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6094, 64.0858, 18.1376)
Luminance	0.6408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D356 #5669E6

analogous

#E68B56 #E6D356 #B1E656

triadic

#E6D356 #56E6D3 #D356E6

tetradic

#E6D356 #56E68B #5669E6 #E656B1

square

#E6D356 #56E68B #5669E6 #E656B1

split-complementary

#E6D356 #56B1E6 #8B56E6

monochromatic

#A99619 #DEC521 #E6D356 #EEE18B #F6EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E6D356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.82

#E6D356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D356

13.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D356	1.00	1.52	13.82	13.82
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C5B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 211, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.9% 0.145 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e08b',
    500: '#e6d356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d356;
$custom-light: #f1e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.083,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85945,
    "c": 0.14466,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D356

secondary

#3645AA

accent

#29D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D356

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

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