#E6D15E#E6D15E

#E6D15E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.632; OKLCH L 85.6% C 0.136 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D15E
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 94)
HSL	hsl(51, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.57, -6.39, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.57, 58.77, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(85.62% -0.0215 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(85.62% 0.136 99)
XYZ	xyz(57.4562, 63.2345, 19.7665)
Luminance	0.6323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D15E #5E73E6

analogous

#E68D5E #E6D15E #B7E65E

triadic

#E6D15E #5EE6D1 #D15EE6

tetradic

#E6D15E #5EE68D #5E73E6 #E65EB7

square

#E6D15E #5EE68D #5E73E6 #E65EB7

split-complementary

#E6D15E #5EB7E6 #8D5EE6

monochromatic

#AF981B #DEC229 #E6D15E #EEE093 #F6EFC8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.65

#E6D15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D15E

13.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D15E	1.00	1.54	13.65	13.65
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D464

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C3B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.6% 0.136 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de90',
    500: '#e6d15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d15e;
$custom-light: #f1de90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.735,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85615,
    "c": 0.13648,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.63232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D15E

secondary

#394BB0

accent

#2FD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D15E

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

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