#E6CD6E#E6CD6E

#E6CD6E is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.616; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.119 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD6E
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 110)
HSL	hsl(48, 71%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(48, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 52.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.71, -3.13, 50.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.71, 50.10, 93.58°)
OKLab	oklab(84.99% -0.0102 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(84.99% 0.119 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(57.2810, 61.6139, 23.6243)
Luminance	0.6161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD6E #6E87E6

analogous

#E6916E #E6CD6E #C3E66E

triadic

#E6CD6E #6EE6CD #CD6EE6

tetradic

#E6CD6E #6EE691 #6E87E6 #E66EC3

square

#E6CD6E #6EE691 #6E87E6 #E66EC3

split-complementary

#E6CD6E #6EC3E6 #916EE6

monochromatic

#BA9A20 #DDBB3A #E6CD6E #EFDFA2 #F8F1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.58

#E6CD6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.32

#E6CD6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD6E

13.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD6E	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)

#DEC966

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E5D172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C0B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.119 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc9a',
    500: '#e6cd6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd6e;
$custom-light: #f0dc9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.5,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 66.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8499,
    "c": 0.11875,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.61611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD6E

secondary

#3F58B9

accent

#3BD313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD6E

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

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