#E6CD5F#E6CD5F

#E6CD5F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.613; OKLCH L 84.8% C 0.132 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD5F
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 95)
HSL	hsl(49, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 58.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.55, -4.28, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.55, 56.99, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(84.81% -0.0153 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(84.81% 0.132 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5323, 61.3144, 19.6813)
Luminance	0.6131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD5F #5F78E6

analogous

#E6895F #E6CD5F #BBE65F

triadic

#E6CD5F #5FE6CD #CD5FE6

tetradic

#E6CD5F #5FE689 #5F78E6 #E65FBB

square

#E6CD5F #5FE689 #5F78E6 #E65FBB

split-complementary

#E6CD5F #5FBBE6 #895FE6

monochromatic

#AF941B #DEBC2A #E6CD5F #EEDE94 #F7EEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CD5F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.26

#E6CD5F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD5F

13.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD5F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD5F	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)

#DFC954

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7BFB5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CDCDCD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd5f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.8% 0.132 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc90',
    500: '#e6cd5f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd5f;
$custom-light: #f1dc90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd5f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.889,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84812,
    "c": 0.13238,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.61312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD5F

secondary

#394FB0

accent

#35D510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFBF4

border

#D7D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD5F

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

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