#E6D379#E6D379

#E6D379 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.648; OKLCH L 86.4% C 0.113 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 13.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D379
RGB	rgb(230, 211, 121)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(50, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.38, -5.23, 46.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.38, 46.99, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(86.35% -0.0152 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(86.35% 0.113 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.3803, 64.7942, 27.4641)
Luminance	0.6479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D379 #798CE6

analogous

#E69D79 #E6D379 #C3E679

triadic

#E6D379 #79E6D3 #D379E6

tetradic

#E6D379 #79E69D #798CE6 #E679C3

square

#E6D379 #79E69D #798CE6 #E679C3

split-complementary

#E6D379 #79C3E6 #9D79E6

monochromatic

#C1A524 #DCC245 #E6D379 #F0E4AD #F9F5E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E6D379 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

13.96

#E6D379 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D379

13.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D379	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D379	1.00	1.50	13.96	13.96
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	13.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E3CF72

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E8D57D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C7BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D2D2D2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d379;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 211, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.4% 0.113 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e0a1',
    500: '#e6d379',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d379;
$custom-light: #f0e0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d379",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86354,
    "c": 0.11292,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D379

secondary

#455ABE

accent

#36D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D379

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

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