#E6D15B#E6D15B

#E6D15B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.139 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D15B
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 91)
HSL	hsl(51, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.54, -6.60, 59.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.54, 60.08, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(85.58% -0.0224 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(85.58% 0.139 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(57.3242, 63.1817, 19.0713)
Luminance	0.6318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D15B #5B70E6

analogous

#E68B5B #E6D15B #B6E65B

triadic

#E6D15B #5BE6D1 #D15BE6

tetradic

#E6D15B #5BE68B #5B70E6 #E65BB6

square

#E6D15B #5BE68B #5B70E6 #E65BB6

split-complementary

#E6D15B #5BB6E6 #8B5BE6

monochromatic

#AC961A #DEC226 #E6D15B #EEE090 #F6EFC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.64

#E6D15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D15B

13.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D15B	1.00	1.54	13.64	13.64
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D461

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7C3B7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.139 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de8e',
    500: '#e6d15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d15b;
$custom-light: #f1de8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.935,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85584,
    "c": 0.13898,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.63179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D15B

secondary

#3849AE

accent

#2ED610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D15B

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

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