#E6D456#E6D456

#E6D456 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.646; OKLCH L 86.2% C 0.146 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D456
RGB	rgb(230, 212, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.27, -8.44, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.27, 63.23, 97.67°)
OKLab	oklab(86.15% -0.0282 0.1427)
OKLCH	oklch(86.15% 0.146 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.8586, 64.5842, 18.2206)
Luminance	0.6458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D456 #5668E6

analogous

#E68C56 #E6D456 #B0E656

triadic

#E6D456 #56E6D4 #D456E6

tetradic

#E6D456 #56E68C #5668E6 #E656B0

square

#E6D456 #56E68C #5668E6 #E656B0

split-complementary

#E6D456 #56B0E6 #8C56E6

monochromatic

#A99719 #DEC621 #E6D456 #EEE28B #F6EFC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.51

#E6D456 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.92

#E6D456 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D456

13.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D456	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D456	1.00	1.51	13.92	13.92
#FFFFFF	1.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6CE47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ECD55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C6B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d456;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.2% 0.146 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e08b',
    500: '#e6d456',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d456;
$custom-light: #f1e08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d456",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8615,
    "c": 0.14551,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.64582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D456

secondary

#3644AA

accent

#28D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D456

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

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