#E6DC56#E6DC56

#E6DC56 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.153 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC56
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.35, -12.45, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.35, 66.07, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(87.8% -0.0396 0.1475)
OKLCH	oklch(87.8% 0.153 105)
XYZ	xyz(59.9082, 68.6834, 18.9038)
Luminance	0.6868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC56 #5660E6

analogous

#E69456 #E6DC56 #A8E656

triadic

#E6DC56 #56E6DC #DC56E6

tetradic

#E6DC56 #56E694 #5660E6 #E656A8

square

#E6DC56 #56E694 #5660E6 #E656A8

split-complementary

#E6DC56 #56A8E6 #9456E6

monochromatic

#A99F19 #DED121 #E6DC56 #EEE78B #F6F2C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.43

#E6DC56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#E6DC56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC56

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC56	1.00	1.43	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#EED546

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.153 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e68b',
    500: '#e6dc56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc56;
$custom-light: #f1e68b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 74.227,
    "l": 61.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87802,
    "c": 0.15268,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.68681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC56

secondary

#363EAA

accent

#1DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC56

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

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