#E6D656#E6D656

#E6D656 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.147 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D656
RGB	rgb(230, 214, 86)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.79, -9.45, 63.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.79, 63.92, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.56% -0.0311 0.1439)
OKLCH	oklch(86.56% 0.147 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.3617, 65.5903, 18.3883)
Luminance	0.6559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D656 #5666E6

analogous

#E68E56 #E6D656 #AEE656

triadic

#E6D656 #56E6D6 #D656E6

tetradic

#E6D656 #56E68E #5666E6 #E656AE

square

#E6D656 #56E68E #5666E6 #E656AE

split-complementary

#E6D656 #56AEE6 #8E56E6

monochromatic

#A99919 #DEC921 #E6D656 #EEE38B #F6F0C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E6D656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E6D656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D656

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D656	1.00	1.49	14.12	14.12
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E8D047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.147 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e28b',
    500: '#e6d656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d656;
$custom-light: #f1e28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86561,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D656

secondary

#3643AA

accent

#25D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D656

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

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