#E6C86D#E6C86D

#E6C86D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.592; OKLCH L 84.0% C 0.116 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C86D
RGB	rgb(230, 200, 109)
HSL	hsl(45, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(45, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13%, 52.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.42, -0.63, 48.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.42, 48.95, 90.74°)
OKLab	oklab(83.97% -0.0031 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(83.97% 0.116 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(56.0498, 59.2383, 22.9468)
Luminance	0.5924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C86D #6D8BE6

analogous

#E68C6D #E6C86D #C8E66D

triadic

#E6C86D #6DE6C8 #C86DE6

tetradic

#E6C86D #6DE68C #6D8BE6 #E66DC8

square

#E6C86D #6DE68C #6D8BE6 #E66DC8

split-complementary

#E6C86D #6DC8E6 #8C6DE6

monochromatic

#B99320 #DDB439 #E6C86D #EFDCA1 #F8EFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E6C86D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.85

#E6C86D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C86D

12.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C86D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C86D	1.00	1.63	12.85	12.85
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C565

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E1CE71

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BBB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CACACA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c86d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 200, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.0% 0.116 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d899',
    500: '#e6c86d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c86d;
$custom-light: #f0d899;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c86d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.83971,
    "c": 0.11595,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.59236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C86D

secondary

#3E5DB9

accent

#42D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140E

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C86D

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

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