#E6D689#E6D689

#E6D689 is a very light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.2% C 0.099 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D689
RGB	rgb(230, 214, 137)
HSL	hsl(50, 65%, 72%)
HSV	hsv(50, 40%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7%, 40.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.36, -5.17, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.36, 40.33, 97.36°)
OKLab	oklab(87.21% -0.0135 0.0977)
OKLCH	oklch(87.21% 0.099 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(61.1963, 66.7242, 33.3175)
Luminance	0.6672 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D689 #8999E6

analogous

#E6A889 #E6D689 #C8E689

triadic

#E6D689 #89E6D6 #D689E6

tetradic

#E6D689 #89E6A8 #8999E6 #E689C8

square

#E6D689 #89E6A8 #8999E6 #E689C8

split-complementary

#E6D689 #89C8E6 #A889E6

monochromatic

#CAAE2B #DBC457 #E6D689 #F1E8BC #FAF6E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D689 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#E6D689 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D689

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D689	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D689	1.00	1.46	14.34	14.34
#FFFFFF	1.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#E4D283

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E9D88C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F3CCC3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d689;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 214, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.2% 0.099 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#efe2ac',
    500: '#e6d689',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d689;
$custom-light: #efe2ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d689",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.677,
    "s": 65.035,
    "l": 71.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87206,
    "c": 0.09867,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.66722
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D689

secondary

#5467BF

accent

#38CD19

background

#FFFEFD

surface

#FEFCF7

border

#D6D5D0

text

#171510

muted

#858481

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D689

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

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