#E6D079#E6D079

#E6D079 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.110 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D079
RGB	rgb(230, 208, 121)
HSL	hsl(48, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(48, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.6%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.61, -3.69, 45.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.61, 45.90, 94.61°)
OKLab	oklab(85.75% -0.0107 0.1098)
OKLCH	oklch(85.75% 0.11 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(58.6420, 63.3175, 27.2180)
Luminance	0.6331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D079 #798FE6

analogous

#E69A79 #E6D079 #C6E679

triadic

#E6D079 #79E6D0 #D079E6

tetradic

#E6D079 #79E69A #798FE6 #E679C6

square

#E6D079 #79E69A #798FE6 #E679C6

split-complementary

#E6D079 #79C6E6 #9A79E6

monochromatic

#C1A124 #DCBE45 #E6D079 #F0E2AD #F9F4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E6D079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D079

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D079	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E0CC72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D37C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4BB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 208, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.110 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dea1',
    500: '#e6d079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d079;
$custom-light: #f0dea1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 208,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.89,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85747,
    "c": 0.11032,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.63315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D079

secondary

#455EBE

accent

#3BD015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D079

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

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