#E6D85B#E6D85B

#E6D85B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.667; OKLCH L 87.0% C 0.145 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E6D85B
RGB	rgb(230, 216, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 74%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.1%, 60.4%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(85.35, -10.13, 61.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(85.35, 62.53, 99.33°)
OKLab	oklab(87.02% -0.0325 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(87.02% 0.145 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(59.0795, 66.6923, 19.6564)
Luminance	0.6669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E6D85B #5B69E6

analogous

#E6925B #E6D85B #AEE65B

triadic

#E6D85B #5BE6D8 #D85BE6

tetradic

#E6D85B #5BE692 #5B69E6 #E65BAE

square

#E6D85B #5BE692 #5B69E6 #E65BAE

split-complementary

#E6D85B #5BAEE6 #925BE6

monochromatic

#AC9E1A #DECB26 #E6D85B #EEE590 #F6F1C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.46

#E6D85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.34

#E6D85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E6D85B

14.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E6D85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E6D85B	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)

#EAD14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#EED862

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F6CABD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D5D5D5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e6d85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(230, 216, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.0% 0.145 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f1e38e',
    500: '#e6d85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e6d85b;
$custom-light: #f1e38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e6d85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 230,
    "g": 216,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 73.545,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87021,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.6669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E6D85B

secondary

#3843AE

accent

#24D610

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#17150D

muted

#85847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E6D85B

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

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