#E6D679#E6D679

#E6D679 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.663; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.116 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D679
RGB	rgb(230, 214, 121)
HSL	hsl(51, 69%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(51, 47%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 47.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.15, -6.75, 47.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.15, 48.12, 98.07°)
OKLab	oklab(86.97% -0.0196 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(86.97% 0.116 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(60.1325, 66.2987, 27.7148)
Luminance	0.6630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D679 #7989E6

analogous

#E6A079 #E6D679 #C0E679

triadic

#E6D679 #79E6D6 #D679E6

tetradic

#E6D679 #79E6A0 #7989E6 #E679C0

square

#E6D679 #79E6A0 #7989E6 #E679C0

split-complementary

#E6D679 #79C0E6 #A079E6

monochromatic

#C1AA24 #DCC645 #E6D679 #F0E6AD #F9F6E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E6D679 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.26

#E6D679 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D679

14.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D679	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D679	1.00	1.47	14.26	14.26
#FFFFFF	1.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E6D171

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EAD77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F4CAC0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d679;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.116 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f0e2a1',
    500: '#e6d679',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d679;
$custom-light: #f0e2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d679",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.193,
    "s": 68.553,
    "l": 68.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.86965,
    "c": 0.11567,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.66297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D679

secondary

#4557BE

accent

#31D015

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FEFCF5

border

#D6D5CF

text

#17150F

muted

#858480

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D679

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

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