#E6D856#E6D856

#E6D856 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.149 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D856
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -10.45, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 64.63, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0339 0.1451)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.149 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(58.8709, 66.6089, 18.5581)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D856 #5664E6

analogous

#E69056 #E6D856 #ACE656

triadic

#E6D856 #56E6D8 #D856E6

tetradic

#E6D856 #56E690 #5664E6 #E656AC

square

#E6D856 #56E690 #5664E6 #E656AC

split-complementary

#E6D856 #56ACE6 #9056E6

monochromatic

#A99B19 #DECC21 #E6D856 #EEE48B #F6F1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E6D856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#E6D856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D856

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D856	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EAD146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.149 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e38b',
    500: '#e6d856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d856;
$custom-light: #f1e38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.167,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86974,
    "c": 0.14902,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.66607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D856

secondary

#3641AA

accent

#23D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D856

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

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