#E6D15A#E6D15A

#E6D15A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.140 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D15A
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 90)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 60.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.53, -6.66, 60.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.53, 60.51, 96.32°)
OKLab	oklab(85.57% -0.0227 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(85.57% 0.14 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.2814, 63.1646, 18.8456)
Luminance	0.6316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D15A #5A6FE6

analogous

#E68B5A #E6D15A #B5E65A

triadic

#E6D15A #5AE6D1 #D15AE6

tetradic

#E6D15A #5AE68B #5A6FE6 #E65AB5

square

#E6D15A #5AE68B #5A6FE6 #E65AB5

split-complementary

#E6D15A #5AB5E6 #8B5AE6

monochromatic

#AC961A #DEC225 #E6D15A #EEE08F #F6EFC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.63

#E6D15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D15A

13.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D15A	1.00	1.54	13.63	13.63
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D460

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.140 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de8d',
    500: '#e6d15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d15a;
$custom-light: #f1de8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 73.684,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85574,
    "c": 0.13979,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D15A

secondary

#3749AD

accent

#2DD610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150C

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D15A

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

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