#E6CD66#E6CD66

#E6CD66 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.614; OKLCH L 84.9% C 0.126 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD66
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 102)
HSL	hsl(48, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(48, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 55.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.62, -3.77, 53.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.62, 53.82, 94.01°)
OKLab	oklab(84.89% -0.013 0.1256)
OKLCH	oklch(84.89% 0.126 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(56.8649, 61.4475, 21.4330)
Luminance	0.6145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD66 #667FE6

analogous

#E68D66 #E6CD66 #BFE666

triadic

#E6CD66 #66E6CD #CD66E6

tetradic

#E6CD66 #66E68D #667FE6 #E666BF

square

#E6CD66 #66E68D #667FE6 #E666BF

split-complementary

#E6CD66 #66BFE6 #8D66E6

monochromatic

#B4971D #DDBC31 #E6CD66 #EFDE9B #F7EFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CD66 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.29

#E6CD66 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD66

13.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD66	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD66	1.00	1.58	13.29	13.29
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DFC95C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D16B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd66;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(84.9% 0.126 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1dc94',
    500: '#e6cd66',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd66;
$custom-light: #f1dc94;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd66",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84891,
    "c": 0.12622,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61445
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD66

secondary

#3C53B5

accent

#38D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF4

border

#D6D4CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD66

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

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