#E6CD72#E6CD72

#E6CD72 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.617; OKLCH L 85.0% C 0.115 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6CD72
RGB	rgb(230, 205, 114)
HSL	hsl(47, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(47, 50%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.9%, 50.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(82.76, -2.78, 48.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(82.76, 48.21, 93.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.04% -0.0088 0.1145)
OKLCH	oklch(85.04% 0.115 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.5037, 61.7030, 24.7972)
Luminance	0.6170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6CD72 #728BE6

analogous

#E69372 #E6CD72 #C5E672

triadic

#E6CD72 #72E6CD #CD72E6

tetradic

#E6CD72 #72E693 #728BE6 #E672C5

square

#E6CD72 #72E693 #728BE6 #E672C5

split-complementary

#E6CD72 #72C5E6 #9372E6

monochromatic

#BC9B21 #DDBB3E #E6CD72 #EFDFA6 #F8F2DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.57

#E6CD72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.34

#E6CD72 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6CD72

13.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6CD72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6CD72	1.00	1.57	13.34	13.34
#FFFFFF	1.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC96A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E4D176

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C1B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CECECE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6cd72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 205, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.0% 0.115 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dc9c',
    500: '#e6cd72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6cd72;
$custom-light: #f0dc9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6cd72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.069,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85043,
    "c": 0.11488,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.61701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6CD72

secondary

#405BBC

accent

#3DD214

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFBF5

border

#D6D4CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6CD72

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

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