#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
RGBrgb(230, 208, 121)
HSLhsl(48, 69%, 69%)
HSVhsv(48, 47%, 90%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 9.6%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LABlab(83.61, -3.69, 45.75)
CIE-LCHlch(83.61, 45.90, 94.61°)
OKLaboklab(85.75% -0.0107 0.1098)
OKLCHoklch(85.75% 0.11 95.6)
XYZxyz(58.6420, 63.3175, 27.2180)
Luminance0.6331 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

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
##E6D0791.001.5413.6613.66
#FFFFFF1.541.0021.0021.00
#00000013.6621.001.001.00
##00000013.6621.001.001.00

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

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#E6D079 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva