#E6D657#E6D657

#E6D657 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.656; OKLCH L 86.6% C 0.146 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D657
RGB	rgb(230, 214, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(53, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.80, -9.39, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.80, 63.51, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(86.57% -0.0308 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(86.57% 0.146 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.4023, 65.6066, 18.6020)
Luminance	0.6560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D657 #5767E6

analogous

#E68F57 #E6D657 #AEE657

triadic

#E6D657 #57E6D6 #D657E6

tetradic

#E6D657 #57E68F #5767E6 #E657AE

square

#E6D657 #57E68F #5767E6 #E657AE

split-complementary

#E6D657 #57AEE6 #8F57E6

monochromatic

#A99919 #DEC922 #E6D657 #EEE38C #F6F0C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E6D657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.12

#E6D657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D657

14.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D657	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)

#E8D048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EDD75E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C8BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.6% 0.146 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e28c',
    500: '#e6d657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d657;
$custom-light: #f1e28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.287,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86571,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.65604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D657

secondary

#3643AB

accent

#26D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D657

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

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