#E6D956#E6D956

#E6D956 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.671; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.150 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D956
RGB	rgb(230, 217, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.7%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.57, -10.95, 64.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.57, 64.98, 99.70°)
OKLab	oklab(87.18% -0.0354 0.1457)
OKLCH	oklch(87.18% 0.15 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.1279, 67.1228, 18.6437)
Luminance	0.6712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D956 #5663E6

analogous

#E69156 #E6D956 #ABE656

triadic

#E6D956 #56E6D9 #D956E6

tetradic

#E6D956 #56E691 #5663E6 #E656AB

square

#E6D956 #56E691 #5663E6 #E656AB

split-complementary

#E6D956 #56ABE6 #9156E6

monochromatic

#A99C19 #DECD21 #E6D956 #EEE58B #F6F1C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.42

#E6D956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D956

14.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D956	1.00	1.46	14.42	14.42
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EBD246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EFD95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CBBD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D6D6D6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 217, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.150 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e48b',
    500: '#e6d956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d956;
$custom-light: #f1e48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 217,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.583,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8718,
    "c": 0.14992,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.67121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D956

secondary

#3640AA

accent

#21D60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D956

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

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