#E6D596#E6D596

#E6D596 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.083 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D596
RGB	rgb(230, 213, 150)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 75%)
HSV	hsv(47, 35%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 34.8%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -3.20, 33.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 33.47, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(87.23% -0.007 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(87.23% 0.083 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(61.9334, 66.6153, 38.4438)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D596 #96A7E6

analogous

#E6AD96 #E6D596 #CFE696

triadic

#E6D596 #96E6D5 #D596E6

tetradic

#E6D596 #96E6AD #96A7E6 #E696CF

square

#E6D596 #96E6AD #96A7E6 #E696CF

split-complementary

#E6D596 #96CFE6 #AD96E6

monochromatic

#CEAD33 #DAC165 #E6D596 #F2E9C7 #F9F5E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E6D596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#E6D596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D596

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D596	1.00	1.47	14.32	14.32
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E2D292

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E6D898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F2CCC5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 213, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.083 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe1b5',
    500: '#e6d596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d596;
$custom-light: #efe1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 213,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.25,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 74.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87228,
    "c": 0.08306,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.66614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D596

secondary

#6075C0

accent

#41C91C

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF8

border

#D6D5D1

text

#161511

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D596

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

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