#E6D17D#E6D17D

#E6D17D is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.639; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.107 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D17D
RGB	rgb(230, 209, 125)
HSL	hsl(48, 68%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(48, 46%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 45.7%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(83.92, -3.83, 44.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(83.92, 44.32, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(86.01% -0.0107 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(86.01% 0.107 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.1369, 63.9068, 28.6182)
Luminance	0.6391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D17D #7D92E6

analogous

#E69D7D #E6D17D #C7E67D

triadic

#E6D17D #7DE6D1 #D17DE6

tetradic

#E6D17D #7DE69D #7D92E6 #E67DC7

square

#E6D17D #7DE69D #7D92E6 #E67DC7

split-complementary

#E6D17D #7DC7E6 #9D7DE6

monochromatic

#C3A426 #DCBF4A #E6D17D #F0E3B0 #FAF5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E6D17D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.78

#E6D17D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D17D

13.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D17D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D17D	1.00	1.52	13.78	13.78
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E1CD76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C6BD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D1D1D1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d17d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 209, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.107 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0dea4',
    500: '#e6d17d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d17d;
$custom-light: #f0dea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d17d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 67.742,
    "l": 69.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86007,
    "c": 0.10704,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.63905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D17D

secondary

#4960BE

accent

#3BD016

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D17D

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

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