#E6D35E#E6D35E

#E6D35E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.642; OKLCH L 86.0% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D35E
RGB	rgb(230, 211, 94)
HSL	hsl(52, 73%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 59.1%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.08, -7.41, 59.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.08, 59.46, 97.16°)
OKLab	oklab(86.02% -0.0244 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(86.02% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(57.9500, 64.2221, 19.9311)
Luminance	0.6422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D35E #5E71E6

analogous

#E68F5E #E6D35E #B5E65E

triadic

#E6D35E #5EE6D3 #D35EE6

tetradic

#E6D35E #5EE68F #5E71E6 #E65EB5

square

#E6D35E #5EE68F #5E71E6 #E65EB5

split-complementary

#E6D35E #5EB5E6 #8F5EE6

monochromatic

#AF9A1B #DEC529 #E6D35E #EEE193 #F6F0C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.52

#E6D35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.84

#E6D35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D35E

13.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D35E	1.00	1.52	13.84	13.84
#FFFFFF	1.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E5CE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD564

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6C5BA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 211, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.0% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e090',
    500: '#e6d35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d35e;
$custom-light: #f1e090;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 73.118,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86024,
    "c": 0.13818,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.6422
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D35E

secondary

#3949B0

accent

#2CD510

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D35E

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

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