#E6DC52#E6DC52

#E6DC52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.686; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.156 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC52
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 75%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 64.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.32, -12.69, 66.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.32, 67.68, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(87.77% -0.0407 0.1502)
OKLCH	oklch(87.77% 0.156 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(59.7515, 68.6207, 18.0787)
Luminance	0.6862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC52 #525CE6

analogous

#E69252 #E6DC52 #A6E652

triadic

#E6DC52 #52E6DC #DC52E6

tetradic

#E6DC52 #52E692 #525CE6 #E652A6

square

#E6DC52 #52E692 #525CE6 #E652A6

split-complementary

#E6DC52 #52A6E6 #9252E6

monochromatic

#A69C18 #DBCE20 #E6DC52 #EEE787 #F5F2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DC52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.72

#E6DC52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC52

14.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC52	1.00	1.43	14.72	14.72
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.156 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e689',
    500: '#e6dc52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc52;
$custom-light: #f1e689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.946,
    "s": 74.747,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87767,
    "c": 0.15566,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.68619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC52

secondary

#343CA8

accent

#1CD70F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC52

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

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