#E6D162#E6D162

#E6D162 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.633; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.133 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D162
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 98)
HSL	hsl(50, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 57.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.60, -6.11, 56.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.60, 56.99, 96.15°)
OKLab	oklab(85.66% -0.0202 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(85.66% 0.133 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(57.6404, 63.3082, 20.7364)
Luminance	0.6331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D162 #6277E6

analogous

#E68F62 #E6D162 #B9E662

triadic

#E6D162 #62E6D1 #D162E6

tetradic

#E6D162 #62E68F #6277E6 #E662B9

square

#E6D162 #62E68F #6277E6 #E662B9

split-complementary

#E6D162 #62B9E6 #8F62E6

monochromatic

#B19A1C #DEC22D #E6D162 #EEE097 #F7F0CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D162 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.66

#E6D162 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D162

13.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D162	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D162	1.00	1.54	13.66	13.66
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D467

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C4B8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d162;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.133 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1de92',
    500: '#e6d162',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d162;
$custom-light: #f1de92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d162",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 64.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85658,
    "c": 0.13305,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D162

secondary

#3A4DB2

accent

#30D511

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D162

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

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