#E6D56D#E6D56D

#E6D56D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.655; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D56D
RGB	rgb(230, 213, 109)
HSL	hsl(52, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(52, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 52.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.75, -7.29, 52.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.75, 53.40, 97.84°)
OKLab	oklab(86.6% -0.0223 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(86.6% 0.127 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.1896, 65.5178, 23.9934)
Luminance	0.6552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D56D #6D7EE6

analogous

#E6996D #E6D56D #BBE66D

triadic

#E6D56D #6DE6D5 #D56DE6

tetradic

#E6D56D #6DE699 #6D7EE6 #E66DBB

square

#E6D56D #6DE699 #6D7EE6 #E66DBB

split-complementary

#E6D56D #6DBBE6 #996DE6

monochromatic

#B9A320 #DDC639 #E6D56D #EFE4A1 #F8F3D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E6D56D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.10

#E6D56D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D56D

14.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D56D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D56D	1.00	1.49	14.10	14.10
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D063

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EBD772

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C8BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d56d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 213, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.127 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e199',
    500: '#e6d56d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d56d;
$custom-light: #f0e199;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d56d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86603,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D56D

secondary

#3E50B9

accent

#2ED313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D56D

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

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