#E6D16D#E6D16D

#E6D16D is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.635; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.123 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D16D
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 109)
HSL	hsl(50, 71%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(50, 53%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 52.6%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.72, -5.26, 51.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.72, 51.96, 95.81°)
OKLab	oklab(85.79% -0.0165 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(85.79% 0.123 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(58.1959, 63.5304, 23.6622)
Luminance	0.6353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D16D #6D82E6

analogous

#E6956D #E6D16D #BFE66D

triadic

#E6D16D #6DE6D1 #D16DE6

tetradic

#E6D16D #6DE695 #6D82E6 #E66DBF

square

#E6D16D #6DE695 #6D82E6 #E66DBF

split-complementary

#E6D16D #6DBFE6 #956DE6

monochromatic

#B99E20 #DDC139 #E6D16D #EFE1A1 #F8F2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E6D16D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#E6D16D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D16D

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D16D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D16D	1.00	1.53	13.71	13.71
#FFFFFF	1.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CC64

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D471

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d16d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.123 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de99',
    500: '#e6d16d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d16d;
$custom-light: #f0de99;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d16d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 70.76,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85788,
    "c": 0.12301,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D16D

secondary

#3E54B9

accent

#34D313

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D16D

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

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