#E6DC57#E6DC57

#E6DC57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.687; OKLCH L 87.8% C 0.152 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6DC57
RGB	rgb(230, 220, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 74%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.3%, 62.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.36, -12.39, 64.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.36, 65.66, 100.88°)
OKLab	oklab(87.81% -0.0394 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(87.81% 0.152 105)
XYZ	xyz(59.9488, 68.6996, 19.1175)
Luminance	0.6870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6DC57 #5761E6

analogous

#E69457 #E6DC57 #A9E657

triadic

#E6DC57 #57E6DC #DC57E6

tetradic

#E6DC57 #57E694 #5761E6 #E657A9

square

#E6DC57 #57E694 #5761E6 #E657A9

split-complementary

#E6DC57 #57A9E6 #9457E6

monochromatic

#A99F19 #DED122 #E6DC57 #EEE78C #F6F2C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.42

#E6DC57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.74

#E6DC57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6DC57

14.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6DC57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6DC57	1.00	1.42	14.74	14.74
#FFFFFF	1.42	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)

#EED547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F2DB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CEC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D8D8D8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6dc57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 220, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.8% 0.152 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e68c',
    500: '#e6dc57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6dc57;
$custom-light: #f1e68c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6dc57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.804,
    "s": 74.093,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87811,
    "c": 0.15192,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.68698
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6DC57

secondary

#363EAB

accent

#1DD60F

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6DC57

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

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