#E6CD5D#E6CD5D

#E6CD5D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.134 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD5D
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 59.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.53, -4.42, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.53, 57.88, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(84.79% -0.0159 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(84.79% 0.134 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(56.4426, 61.2785, 19.2087)
Luminance	0.6128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD5D #5D76E6

analogous

#E6885D #E6CD5D #BAE65D

triadic

#E6CD5D #5DE6CD #CD5DE6

tetradic

#E6CD5D #5DE688 #5D76E6 #E65DBA

square

#E6CD5D #5DE688 #5D76E6 #E65DBA

split-complementary

#E6CD5D #5DBAE6 #885DE6

monochromatic

#AE931B #DEBD28 #E6CD5D #EEDD92 #F6EEC7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CD5D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E6CD5D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD5D

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD5D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD5D	1.00	1.58	13.26	13.26
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC951

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd5d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.134 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc8f',
    500: '#e6cd5d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd5d;
$custom-light: #f1dc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd5d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.051,
    "s": 73.262,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8479,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.61276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD5D

secondary

#384EAF

accent

#34D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD5D

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

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