#E6D04E#E6D04E

#E6D04E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.625; OKLCH L 85.3% C 0.148 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D04E
RGB	rgb(230, 208, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.17, -6.89, 64.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.17, 65.18, 96.07°)
OKLab	oklab(85.26% -0.0247 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(85.26% 0.148 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(56.5666, 62.4874, 16.2879)
Luminance	0.6249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D04E #4E64E6

analogous

#E6844E #E6D04E #B0E64E

triadic

#E6D04E #4EE6D0 #D04EE6

tetradic

#E6D04E #4EE684 #4E64E6 #E64EB0

square

#E6D04E #4EE684 #4E64E6 #E64EB0

split-complementary

#E6D04E #4EB0E6 #844EE6

monochromatic

#A38E17 #D8BD1F #E6D04E #EEDE84 #F5ECB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.56

#E6D04E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.50

#E6D04E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D04E

13.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D04E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D04E	1.00	1.56	13.50	13.50
#FFFFFF	1.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C1B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#CFCFCF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d04e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.3% 0.148 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de86',
    500: '#e6d04e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d04e;
$custom-light: #f1de86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d04e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.316,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85259,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.62485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D04E

secondary

#3344A5

accent

#2BD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D04E

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

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