#E6D581#E6D581

#E6D581 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.660; OKLCH L 86.9% C 0.106 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D581
RGB	rgb(230, 213, 129)
HSL	hsl(50, 67%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(50, 44%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 43.9%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.00, -5.48, 43.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.00, 43.87, 97.17°)
OKLab	oklab(86.88% -0.0151 0.1053)
OKLCH	oklch(86.88% 0.106 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(60.3913, 65.9985, 30.3224)
Luminance	0.6600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D581 #8192E6

analogous

#E6A281 #E6D581 #C4E681

triadic

#E6D581 #81E6D5 #D581E6

tetradic

#E6D581 #81E6A2 #8192E6 #E681C4

square

#E6D581 #81E6A2 #8192E6 #E681C4

split-complementary

#E6D581 #81C4E6 #A281E6

monochromatic

#C5AB27 #DCC44E #E6D581 #F0E6B4 #FAF6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.48

#E6D581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.20

#E6D581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D581

14.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D581	1.00	1.48	14.20	14.20
#FFFFFF	1.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D17A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D784

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CAC1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D4D4D4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 213, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(86.9% 0.106 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1a7',
    500: '#e6d581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d581;
$custom-light: #efe1a7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.901,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86878,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.65996
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D581

secondary

#4D60BE

accent

#36CF17

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF6

border

#D6D5D0

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D581

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

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