#E6CD6D#E6CD6D

#E6CD6D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.120 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD6D
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 109)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(48, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.70, -3.21, 50.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.70, 50.57, 93.64°)
OKLab	oklab(84.98% -0.0106 0.1192)
OKLCH	oklch(84.98% 0.12 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(57.2268, 61.5922, 23.3391)
Luminance	0.6159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD6D #6D86E6

analogous

#E6916D #E6CD6D #C3E66D

triadic

#E6CD6D #6DE6CD #CD6DE6

tetradic

#E6CD6D #6DE691 #6D86E6 #E66DC3

square

#E6CD6D #6DE691 #6D86E6 #E66DC3

split-complementary

#E6CD6D #6DC3E6 #916DE6

monochromatic

#B99920 #DDBB39 #E6CD6D #EFDFA1 #F8F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CD6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E6CD6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD6D

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD6D	1.00	1.58	13.32	13.32
#FFFFFF	1.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC964

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D171

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.120 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc99',
    500: '#e6cd6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd6d;
$custom-light: #f0dc99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.603,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.84977,
    "c": 0.11971,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.6159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD6D

secondary

#3E58B9

accent

#3AD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD6D

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

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