#E6BD39#E6BD39

#E6BD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.149 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6BD39
RGB	rgb(230, 189, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 78%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.8%, 75.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, 1.87, 67.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 67.91, 88.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0019 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.149 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.5722, 53.5168, 11.4835)
Luminance	0.5351 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6BD39 #3962E6

analogous

#E66739 #E6BD39 #B9E639

triadic

#E6BD39 #39E6BD #BD39E6

tetradic

#E6BD39 #39E667 #3962E6 #E639B9

square

#E6BD39 #39E667 #3962E6 #E639B9

split-complementary

#E6BD39 #39B9E6 #6739E6

monochromatic

#927412 #C89F19 #E6BD39 #EDCF6F #F4E1A6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#E6BD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#E6BD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6BD39

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6BD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6BD39	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F9ADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6bd39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 189, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.149 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3d079',
    500: '#e6bd39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6bd39;
$custom-light: #f3d079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6bd39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.78,
    "s": 77.578,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81265,
    "c": 0.14886,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6BD39

secondary

#2D4697

accent

#61F434

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FFFBF2

border

#D7D4CC

text

#18130A

muted

#86837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6BD39

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

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