#E6D857#E6D857

#E6D857 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.148 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D857
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -10.39, 63.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 64.21, 99.31°)
OKLab	oklab(86.98% -0.0337 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(86.98% 0.148 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(58.9115, 66.6251, 18.7717)
Luminance	0.6662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D857 #5765E6

analogous

#E69157 #E6D857 #ACE657

triadic

#E6D857 #57E6D8 #D857E6

tetradic

#E6D857 #57E691 #5765E6 #E657AC

square

#E6D857 #57E691 #5765E6 #E657AC

split-complementary

#E6D857 #57ACE6 #9157E6

monochromatic

#A99B19 #DECC22 #E6D857 #EEE48C #F6F1C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E6D857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#E6D857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D857

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D857	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)

#EAD148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.148 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e38c',
    500: '#e6d857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d857;
$custom-light: #f1e38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.126,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86983,
    "c": 0.14825,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.66623
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D857

secondary

#3642AB

accent

#23D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D857

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

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