#E6C866#E6C866

#E6C866 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.591; OKLCH L 83.9% C 0.122 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C866
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 102)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 55.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.34, -1.20, 52.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.34, 52.22, 91.31°)
OKLab	oklab(83.88% -0.0055 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(83.88% 0.122 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(55.6879, 59.0935, 21.0407)
Luminance	0.5909 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C866 #6684E6

analogous

#E68866 #E6C866 #C4E666

triadic

#E6C866 #66E6C8 #C866E6

tetradic

#E6C866 #66E688 #6684E6 #E666C4

square

#E6C866 #66E688 #6684E6 #E666C4

split-complementary

#E6C866 #66C4E6 #8866E6

monochromatic

#B4911D #DDB531 #E6C866 #EFDB9B #F7EECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C866 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.82

#E6C866 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C866

12.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C866	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C866	1.00	1.64	12.82	12.82
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC55D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CE6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c866;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.9% 0.122 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1d894',
    500: '#e6c866',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c866;
$custom-light: #f1d894;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c866",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83883,
    "c": 0.12246,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.59091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C866

secondary

#3C58B5

accent

#3FD412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C866

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

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