#E6D166#E6D166

#E6D166 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.634; OKLCH L 85.7% C 0.129 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D166
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 102)
HSL	hsl(50, 72%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(50, 56%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 55.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.64, -5.81, 54.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.64, 55.18, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(85.7% -0.0189 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(85.7% 0.129 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(57.8340, 63.3856, 21.7561)
Luminance	0.6338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D166 #667BE6

analogous

#E69166 #E6D166 #BBE666

triadic

#E6D166 #66E6D1 #D166E6

tetradic

#E6D166 #66E691 #667BE6 #E666BB

square

#E6D166 #66E691 #667BE6 #E666BB

split-complementary

#E6D166 #66BBE6 #9166E6

monochromatic

#B49B1D #DDC131 #E6D166 #EFE19B #F7F1CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.54

#E6D166 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.68

#E6D166 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D166

13.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D166	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D166	1.00	1.54	13.68	13.68
#FFFFFF	1.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CC5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D46B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C4B9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D0D0D0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d166;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 102);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.7% 0.129 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de95',
    500: '#e6d166',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d166;
$custom-light: #f0de95;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d166",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 102
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.156,
    "s": 71.91,
    "l": 65.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85703,
    "c": 0.12949,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.63383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D166

secondary

#3C4FB5

accent

#31D412

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF4

border

#D6D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D166

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

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