#E6C968#E6C968

#E6C968 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.596; OKLCH L 84.1% C 0.121 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6C968
RGB	rgb(230, 201, 104)
HSL	hsl(46, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(46, 55%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.6%, 54.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(81.62, -1.56, 51.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(81.62, 51.60, 91.73°)
OKLab	oklab(84.11% -0.0064 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(84.11% 0.121 93)
XYZ	xyz(56.0207, 59.5984, 21.6468)
Luminance	0.5960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6C968 #6885E6

analogous

#E68A68 #E6C968 #C4E668

triadic

#E6C968 #68E6C9 #C968E6

tetradic

#E6C968 #68E68A #6885E6 #E668C4

square

#E6C968 #68E68A #6885E6 #E668C4

split-complementary

#E6C968 #68C4E6 #8A68E6

monochromatic

#B6931E #DDB633 #E6C968 #EFDC9D #F7EFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.63

#E6C968 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.92

#E6C968 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6C968

12.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6C968	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6C968	1.00	1.63	12.92	12.92
#FFFFFF	1.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC65F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E2CF6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CBCBCB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6c968;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 201, 104);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.1% 0.121 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0d996',
    500: '#e6c968',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6c968;
$custom-light: #f0d996;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6c968",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 104
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 71.591,
    "l": 65.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84108,
    "c": 0.12135,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.59596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6C968

secondary

#3C58B6

accent

#3ED412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17140D

muted

#85837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6C968

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →