#E6D685#E6D685

#E6D685 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.666; OKLCH L 87.1% C 0.103 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D685
RGB	rgb(230, 214, 133)
HSL	hsl(50, 66%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 42%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 42.2%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.31, -5.58, 41.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.31, 42.30, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(87.14% -0.0151 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(87.14% 0.103 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(60.9147, 66.6116, 31.8343)
Luminance	0.6661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D685 #8595E6

analogous

#E6A585 #E6D685 #C5E685

triadic

#E6D685 #85E6D6 #D685E6

tetradic

#E6D685 #85E6A5 #8595E6 #E685C5

square

#E6D685 #85E6A5 #8595E6 #E685C5

split-complementary

#E6D685 #85C5E6 #A585E6

monochromatic

#C8AD29 #DCC552 #E6D685 #F0E7B8 #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.47

#E6D685 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.32

#E6D685 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D685

14.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D685	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D685	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)

#E5D27F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CBC2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d685;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.1% 0.103 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe2a9',
    500: '#e6d685',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d685;
$custom-light: #efe2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d685",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.103,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87142,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.6661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D685

secondary

#5063BF

accent

#36CE18

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D685

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

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