#E6D14E#E6D14E

#E6D14E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.630; OKLCH L 85.5% C 0.149 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D14E
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 75%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 66.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.43, -7.40, 65.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.43, 65.50, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(85.46% -0.0261 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(85.46% 0.149 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(56.8112, 62.9765, 16.3695)
Luminance	0.6297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D14E #4E63E6

analogous

#E6854E #E6D14E #AFE64E

triadic

#E6D14E #4EE6D1 #D14EE6

tetradic

#E6D14E #4EE685 #4E63E6 #E64EAF

square

#E6D14E #4EE685 #4E63E6 #E64EAF

split-complementary

#E6D14E #4EAFE6 #854EE6

monochromatic

#A38F17 #D8BF1F #E6D14E #EEDF84 #F5EDB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.59

#E6D14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D14E

13.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D14E	1.00	1.54	13.59	13.59
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C3B6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.5% 0.149 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de86',
    500: '#e6d14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d14e;
$custom-light: #f1de86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.711,
    "s": 75.248,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85464,
    "c": 0.14898,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.62974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D14E

secondary

#3343A5

accent

#2AD70E

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF3

border

#D7D5CD

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D14E

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

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