#E6D477#E6D477

#E6D477 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.652; OKLCH L 86.5% C 0.116 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D477
RGB	rgb(230, 212, 119)
HSL	hsl(50, 69%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(50, 48%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 48.3%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(84.61, -5.92, 47.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(84.61, 48.32, 97.04°)
OKLab	oklab(86.53% -0.0174 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(86.53% 0.116 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(59.5081, 65.2440, 26.9079)
Luminance	0.6524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D477 #7789E6

analogous

#E69C77 #E6D477 #C0E677

triadic

#E6D477 #77E6D4 #D477E6

tetradic

#E6D477 #77E69C #7789E6 #E677C0

square

#E6D477 #77E69C #7789E6 #E677C0

split-complementary

#E6D477 #77C0E6 #9C77E6

monochromatic

#BFA623 #DCC443 #E6D477 #F0E4AB #F9F5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.49

#E6D477 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.05

#E6D477 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D477

14.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D477	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D477	1.00	1.49	14.05	14.05
#FFFFFF	1.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4CF6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D67B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F5C8BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D3D3D3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d477;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 212, 119);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.5% 0.116 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e1a0',
    500: '#e6d477',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d477;
$custom-light: #f0e1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d477",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 212,
    "b": 119
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.27,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 68.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8653,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.65242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D477

secondary

#4457BE

accent

#33D115

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D477

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

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