#E6D381#E6D381

#E6D381 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.650; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.105 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D381
RGB	rgb(230, 211, 129)
HSL	hsl(49, 67%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(49, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 43.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.48, -4.46, 42.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.48, 43.11, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(86.47% -0.0122 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(86.47% 0.105 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(59.8914, 64.9986, 30.1558)
Luminance	0.6500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D381 #8194E6

analogous

#E6A081 #E6D381 #C6E681

triadic

#E6D381 #81E6D3 #D381E6

tetradic

#E6D381 #81E6A0 #8194E6 #E681C6

square

#E6D381 #81E6A0 #8194E6 #E681C6

split-complementary

#E6D381 #81C6E6 #A081E6

monochromatic

#C5A827 #DCC14E #E6D381 #F0E5B4 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.50

#E6D381 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.00

#E6D381 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D381

14.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D381	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D381	1.00	1.50	14.00	14.00
#FFFFFF	1.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2CF7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E7D684

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4C8BF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d381;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 211, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.105 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe0a7',
    500: '#e6d381',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d381;
$custom-light: #efe0a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d381",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 211,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.713,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86472,
    "c": 0.10458,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.64997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D381

secondary

#4D62BE

accent

#39CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D381

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

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