#E6D16F#E6D16F

#E6D16F is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.636; OKLCH L 85.8% C 0.121 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D16F
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 111)
HSL	hsl(49, 70%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 51.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.74, -5.09, 50.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.74, 51.02, 95.72°)
OKLab	oklab(85.81% -0.0158 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(85.81% 0.121 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(58.3048, 63.5739, 24.2356)
Luminance	0.6357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D16F #6F84E6

analogous

#E6966F #E6D16F #BFE66F

triadic

#E6D16F #6FE6D1 #D16FE6

tetradic

#E6D16F #6FE696 #6F84E6 #E66FBF

square

#E6D16F #6FE696 #6F84E6 #E66FBF

split-complementary

#E6D16F #6FBFE6 #966FE6

monochromatic

#BA9F20 #DDC03B #E6D16F #EFE2A3 #F8F2D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.53

#E6D16F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.71

#E6D16F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D16F

13.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D16F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D16F	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)

#E2CD66

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D473

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C4BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d16f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(85.8% 0.121 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0de9b',
    500: '#e6d16f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d16f;
$custom-light: #f0de9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d16f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 70.414,
    "l": 66.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.85813,
    "c": 0.1211,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.63572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D16F

secondary

#3F55BA

accent

#35D213

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150E

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D16F

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

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