#E6C86C#E6C86C

#E6C86C is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.117 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C86C
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 108)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 53%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.41, -0.72, 49.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.41, 49.42, 90.83°)
OKLab	oklab(83.96% -0.0035 0.1169)
OKLCH	oklch(83.96% 0.117 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(55.9963, 59.2169, 22.6649)
Luminance	0.5921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C86C #6C8AE6

analogous

#E68B6C #E6C86C #C7E66C

triadic

#E6C86C #6CE6C8 #C86CE6

tetradic

#E6C86C #6CE68B #6C8AE6 #E66CC7

square

#E6C86C #6CE68B #6C8AE6 #E66CC7

split-complementary

#E6C86C #6CC7E6 #8B6CE6

monochromatic

#B8931F #DDB438 #E6C86C #EFDCA0 #F8EFD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.64

#E6C86C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.84

#E6C86C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C86C

12.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C86C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C86C	1.00	1.64	12.84	12.84
#FFFFFF	1.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC564

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c86c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.117 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d898',
    500: '#e6c86c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c86c;
$custom-light: #f0d898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c86c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.246,
    "s": 70.93,
    "l": 66.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83958,
    "c": 0.1169,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.59214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C86C

secondary

#3E5CB8

accent

#42D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C86C

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

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